Yuri Bezmenov: Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society (Complete)
Overview
A 1983 Los Angeles lecture by KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov on how the Soviets carried out ideological subversion of target societies through propaganda. He walks through demoralization and normalization stages.
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HN commenters link it to argue that cultural subversion and normalization are playing out today, though mostly as a reference in unrelated threads.
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Video by GBPPR2, played through YouTube.
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