>soviet infiltration of the university education system around the world in the 60's and 70's, which within a lifetime has produced multiple generations of nihilistic bureaucrats
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Source please?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Source please?
Directly from a KGB defector lecture on this topic.
Yuri Bezmenov - Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society Complete Lecture
I find it amusing how people bring up Soviet propaganda in schools and always link this same video to this one person (who criticizes the inability to assess true information), while simultaneously not questioning whether or not they are consuming propaganda themselves. Wouldn't it be funny if this guy is a CIA plant repeating neocon talking points from the 80s?
When I traced back any of the sources that "confirmed" his past, they always dead-ended at his own writing in papers. I'd be interested if you have something else that confirms that this is a "KGB defector".
As someone that grew up in a totalitarian communist government. What Yuri speaks is consistent with my lived experience of how the communists acted to maintain power, in a country they occupied.
what's the point of fighting, when you can spread bullshit on other's country internet and divide people?
The same thing. They do the same thing. Don’t turn a blind eye to it.
Also the Assange case is near and dear to a lot of people. It’s evil what’s happening to him. And the only reason it continues to happen is because of the silent consent of people who really probably have no idea what our intelligence agencies are doing and because of the cultivated ineptitude at some of our important institutions.
All of that is true without doubt. But why listen to this guy? "Bezmenov" literally translates to "nameless". [0] He claims in this video to be a propagandist with a history of producing propaganda. His specific claims (e.g. the 15%/85% thing) are totally unverifiable. (And by the way, that does the 15%/85% thing imply about CIA, FBI, etc? Whose opinion do they really want to influence?) Listening to him reminds me mostly of the "incubator babies" girl. If you already believe what he's saying, maybe it's reassuring. If you don't, it won't convince you.
I still don't understand why this character fascinates you so. I honestly wish that more of my schoolmates had been convinced of the benefits of communism. I wasn't, but I would appreciate a modicum of ideological variety. Clearly the way we're doing things in this country is fucked up, and there is very little public discussion of that fact that doesn't boil down to red-blue distraction. Let's try anything else. Ghosts of the Cold War might imply something not to do, but they aren't the solution to our problems.
[0] https://translate.google.com/?sl=sk&tl=en&text=Bezmenov&op=t...