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FULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)

Nicholas Marshall · 1.3M views · 2020-08-22 · 1:21:29

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The full 1984 interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB operative, in which he lays out four stages of ideological subversion. It is a long interview with G. Edward Griffin.

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Cited in propaganda and disinformation threads, though some commenters present it more as a prediction of current events than established analysis.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

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the_third_wave · 2023-06 · Strong recommendation

Yuri Bezmenov was a Soviet informant and KGB operative who defected to the United States in the early 70s who has some choice words to say on this subject, words which turned out to be more than prophetic. It is worth watching the whole interview, about 1 hour 20 minutes in which he laid out the four stages of ideological subversion” created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken nations from within. [VIDEO]

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rramadass · 2021-09 · Strong recommendation

No books on Mossad? My favourite is - Deception: The invisible war between the KGB and the CIA. by Edward Jay Epstein. This is the real "Art" of Spycraft. Another must see is Yuri Bezmenov's "The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion" video : [VIDEO] You can go crazy trying to interpret this video in the light of what Epstein wrote about Deception :-)

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narrator · 2021-08 · Strong recommendation

Well if you take that kind of stuff seriously, you really should watch the Yuri Bezmenov interviews. Yuri was a KGB defector in the 80s who was working in India and decided to defect after he fell in love with the culture of India and became disillusioned. He worked in ideological subversion of nations through propaganda: [VIDEO]

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