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KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America

Persian Humanist1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2017-2024
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A clip of a 1984 interview with KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov describing Soviet ideological subversion and demoralization of a target society, uploaded with a politically charged framing.

Mostly cited as a source for the demoralization and subversion idea, though one commenter dismisses it as alt-right material.

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10 comments from Hacker News

@ranger_danger2024 · in “Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds”

"As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding." Mind = blown. Also relevant: ▶ this video

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@tenpies2023 · in “The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere”

Also falls perfectly within what Yuri Bezmenov (the KGB defector who explained the Soviet's plan to take down the West through ideological subversion) laid out. At around that time, you would have the first batch of fully indoctrinated (trained by Socialists from childhood to adulthood, with no oversight or counterbalance) graduating. That is also the group that sets the stage for the demoralisation phase of the plan and allows for the next phase: destabilisation. Good summary here: link And the original interview: ▶ this video I don't think this is purely a Soviet ploy working out, but you can't help but look at the Western education system and realise that's a big part of the problem.

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@recuter2023 · in “Costs of the U.S.-Led War in Iraq Since 2003”

I have noticed a trend of "America bad" on this website. There is certainly a lot to criticize about this particular boondoggle, or indeed, any war. But taking notes from obvious Sino and Russophiles is not productive. On false equivalency: link On demoralization: ▶ this video Dang, I suggest you close the thread, cheers.

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@baybal22021 · in “Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying”

> I'm not sure you have to keep pointing to the boogie man of soviet infiltrators to explain power hungry bureaucrats. Those have existed in literally every society since at least the early bronze age. No, I'd say power hunger is one thing, but what you face now is unique to this poisonous "Soviet Culture." A very special, aggressive brand of social nihilism at the apex of civil society, characteristic of one party/social class governments. Putin put his own spin on the timeless demoralisation tactic ( ▶ this video ,) an even more aggressive targeting of both the new elites, and the establishment (see Biden Jr. adventures with in Ukraine.) Or plainly speaking playing both sides.

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@nix232021 · in “Gab has been hacked and 70GB of data leaked”

Isn't it beautiful how the American and western society's rips itself apart? Man vs Women, Woman vs Trans, Gay vs Lesbians, White vs Black..oh sorry i mean People of no Color vs People of Color, Democrats vs Republicans and so on...zero consensus on each side what our society should be. It's like the KGB wins the cold war after all...with a small delay. Yuri Bezmenov: ▶ this video link

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@hackermailman2019 · in “The coming automation of propaganda”

The right wing has their own version of this, a KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov, who has powerful (meme) videos about the coming destruction of America and how it would take 3 decades to fulfill, all recorded in the early 80s. 'To change the perception of reality of every American, despite their abundence of information, nobody is able to come to sensible conclusions,... it's a great brainwashing process that takes decades' ▶ this video Yuri also claims the Soviet Union never fell, it just reinvented itself. This is pretty standard 'alt-right' materials that people should pay attention to if they wish to understand that reactionary wing of politics

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@asabjorn2019 · in “Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament”

As I said elsewhere: Yes, the KGB defector Yuri [1] in 1984 said as much that there is manipulation. He describes a slow distruption they started of America by infiltrating the education system. This attacks the weakness of a democracy, which is the fact that it’s run by people for the behest of itself as a system and does not answer to an estate that would otherwise check its malfunctioning. However, that doesn’t mean the movements of dissent is caused by this. They could be, or they could be a symptom of the problems not solved by a long term malfunctioning Democratic system. And the malfunctioning could be some other more major political ideology. [1] ▶ this video

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@asabjorn2019 · in “Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament”

How do you know that other more major political stories is not the real product of manipulation [1] and these opposition movements are a symptom of problems not solved by a malfunctioning Democratic system? [1] ▶ this video

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@asabjorn2019 · in “Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament”

Yes, the KGB defector Yuri [1] said as much. He describes a slow distruption they started of America by infiltrating the education system. This attacks the weakness of a democracy, which is the fact that it’s run by people for the behest of itself as a system and does not answer to an estate that would otherwise check its malfunctioning. However, that doesn’t mean the movements of dissent is caused by this. They could be, or they could be a symptom of the problems not solved by a long term malfunctioning Democratic system. [1] ▶ this video

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@cmahler72017 · in “The Decline of Marriage”

People have been brainwashed to hate their own culture, demorilization is the first step of ideological subversion. Western Civilization might not be perfect but there's nothing else in human history that has come close to it. Everybody should watch this video ▶ this video

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