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Yuri Bezmenov: Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society (Complete)

GBPPR2 · 1.9M views · 2011-02-23 · 1:03:16

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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.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2024

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MikeAshley178 · 2022-07 · Strong recommendation

Shaving a few minutes off your shower, walking to the shop instead of driving, turning your thermostat down by a few degrees will make no f@@kin difference what so ever to the horror that is coming. The whole point of these exercises is not to save energy but to engage the population to believe that they are part of the problem and therefore part of the solution. They are not. One of the most important videos on the entire Internet, if you cannot understand why then you are probably already lost. [VIDEO]

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coretx · 2024-05 · Recommendation

The following ancient cold war era video will probably make you understand what i mean and more: [VIDEO] History is repeating itself.

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returnbuyer · 2017-02 · Recommendation

They're not weakening twitter by weakening western society. If anything, weakening the society with divisive gender war and identify politics empowers twitter. The western economy suffers and more people become reclusive and stay inside all day on the internet. It's basic culture warfare and it's been happening for decades. Listen to some Yuri Besmenov [1] if you don't know what I'm talking about. Basically my point is they don't care, because any division in their enemies is a good thing for them. While they retain immense strength and nationalism. I'll give you an example of poisoning the well. So many dual-citizen self admitted Zionists in America and Europe are pro-refugee. They adamantly fight for more refugees in these host countries. However their home country, Israel. Is entirely anti-refugee to a shocking degree. It's all part of the same pie. Marxism, communism, feminism, egalitarianism. Destruction of western civilization. [1] [VIDEO] [LINK]

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