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KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)

Offensive Freedom · 2.9M views · 2020-06-27 · 6:50

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Overview

A short clip of former KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov in 1984 describing Soviet ideological subversion of Western societies. It is a political commentary excerpt from his longer lecture.

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HN commenters cite it in political and disinformation threads as a source on Soviet psychological operations, a contested claim.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

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zackees · 2022-04 · Strong recommendation

> What’s the point, to achieve paralysis? Yes. Here's a one hour lecture from a KGB defector who's explains what's going on: 15 min lecture: [VIDEO] 1 hour lecture: [LINK] TL;DR: It's intentional, it's going to get way worse, and if you get too loud in opposition you will find yourself ostracized and possibly without a job.

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Lio · 2022-03 · Reference

I’m OK with this. Given that it was a KGB policy to mess with the truth[1] I think it’s fine to try to inoculate yourself from it. 1. [VIDEO]

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mmmeff · 2021-04 · Reference

This goes back to Soviet cold-war-era psy-ops. They planted the seeds in the US and now the US is exporting it to the rest of the world. [VIDEO]

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