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How do you figure? This person thought in the 1980's that American left wing propaganda will subvert and eventually destabilize the United States to a point we

How do you figure? This person thought in the 1980's that American left wing propaganda will subvert and eventually destabilize the United States to a point were they lose a hot war with the Soviet Union, and that the American left wing propagandist will be summarily executed by the Soviet occupiers, rather than be allowed to rule. Assuming you aren't from a parallel dimension, Bezmenov's predictions proved false. Did you watch the video?

avgcorrection 5y ago
Russia launching a full-scale invasion against a neighboring country surely is the complete opposite of the specter of some cunning Soviet/Russian intelligence officer who deftly turns a whole nation against itself.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  It's not really the opposite; what the defector describes is the strategy used in the prep work that went into the invasion and which made Putin think that the West would crumble in the face of it. It did weaken Western countries internally, and the relations between them, but not (at least, I think from evidence so far) as much as Putin needed.
  - avgcorrection 5y ago
    Subverting Ukraine would mean to sow so much division internally that a sizable minority of the defending force would be motivated to defect to the other side and to compromise their countrymen. But in actual reality Russia faces a highly motivated and bitterly angry defensive force with a high morale.[1] And those same Ukrainians ousted a democratically elected (although eventually repressive and violent) pro-Russian government just eight years prior. [1] That’s just what I have heard, living in a different European country. Maybe it’s just Ukrainian propaganda.
dijonman2 5y ago
Left wing propaganda is destabilizing the US from the inside. You can’t be a republican without being called a nut job anymore. We’re more divided than ever.
savant_penguin 5y ago
I have watched the video. The US universities are today full of Marxist propagandists. Left wing politicians who visited and defended socialist dictatorships are elected and reelected. Many tonight shows enjoy calling anyone who disagrees with them the "alt right". This is consistent with Marxist propaganda coming from Americans themselves. The US media pretends there is no burning buildings behind them and call protests 'peaceful'. That is very similar to the idea that people will ignore burning evidence right in front of their eyes. If you make obvious statements about basic biology that contradicts the current insanity you are going to be cancelled. (Again ignoring evidence) Th US is incredibly divided. People who disagree with the left are consistently called Nazis and yelled down. If you are going to make an event with people that disagree with the left protesters will physically stop you from getting in. Where do you think putin took that "attacking neonazis" from? Calling your opponent a Nazi to justify taking them down has been a constant political tool in the west

avgcorrection 5y ago

Russia launching a full-scale invasion against a neighboring country surely is the complete opposite of the specter of some cunning Soviet/Russian intelligence officer who deftly turns a whole nation against itself.

dragonwriter 5y ago
It's not really the opposite; what the defector describes is the strategy used in the prep work that went into the invasion and which made Putin think that the West would crumble in the face of it. It did weaken Western countries internally, and the relations between them, but not (at least, I think from evidence so far) as much as Putin needed.
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  Subverting Ukraine would mean to sow so much division internally that a sizable minority of the defending force would be motivated to defect to the other side and to compromise their countrymen. But in actual reality Russia faces a highly motivated and bitterly angry defensive force with a high morale.[1] And those same Ukrainians ousted a democratically elected (although eventually repressive and violent) pro-Russian government just eight years prior. [1] That’s just what I have heard, living in a different European country. Maybe it’s just Ukrainian propaganda.

dijonman2 5y ago

Left wing propaganda is destabilizing the US from the inside. You can’t be a republican without being called a nut job anymore. We’re more divided than ever.

savant_penguin 5y ago

I have watched the video. The US universities are today full of Marxist propagandists. Left wing politicians who visited and defended socialist dictatorships are elected and reelected. Many tonight shows enjoy calling anyone who disagrees with them the "alt right". This is consistent with Marxist propaganda coming from Americans themselves. The US media pretends there is no burning buildings behind them and call protests 'peaceful'. That is very similar to the idea that people will ignore burning evidence right in front of their eyes. If you make obvious statements about basic biology that contradicts the current insanity you are going to be cancelled. (Again ignoring evidence) Th US is incredibly divided. People who disagree with the left are consistently called Nazis and yelled down. If you are going to make an event with people that disagree with the left protesters will physically stop you from getting in. Where do you think putin took that "attacking neonazis" from? Calling your opponent a Nazi to justify taking them down has been a constant political tool in the west