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For e ti's shocking how much people are in denial about this. In spite of us seeing with our own eyes that this strategy is being deployed and it works, it work

For e ti's shocking how much people are in denial about this. In spite of us seeing with our own eyes that this strategy is being deployed and it works, it works depressingly well. In spite of that, many people I know try to dismiss the video, the speaker, and the main message conveyed by it. It is as if we got blind by our own request.

dale_glass 4y ago
I have no doubt that Russia engages in a lot of shenanigans today. However that back in 1985, what this guy is saying about the USSR managing worm into the US to the point of raising an entire generation that thought what the USSR wanted them to think -- that to me seems extremely dubious. There may be a kernel of truth there -- yes, the KGB may have had such a strategy, and it might have been successfully executed in some cases. What I highly doubt is that it actually did work on the US in 1985. You have to consider a conflict in priorities there. This guy defected. He burned every bridge there was to burn back home, and that means he desperately needs to ingratiate himself with where he ended up instead, and given that McCarthyism was right around that time it doesn't take a genius to latch on that. Also, let's be serious here. This is almost 40 years ago. Many people of importance from back then are now dead or retired. If this interview has anything to do with modern reality it's more by accident than anything.
- bilvar 4y ago
  On the contrary. Many of those people are now tenured professors and deans of universities, which Bezmenov said were specifically and overwhelmingly targeted by this strategy. Guess which ideology most universities lean on - the ideological uniformity and persecution of different viewpoints has reached an extreme level there.
phendrenad2 4y ago
Asserting that everyone is "seeing it with their own eyes" is kind of weird, since you can only see with your own eyes. It's a certain kind of solipsism that I'm personally getting rather tired of.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
  I see your point, I used this expression to emphasize the fact that it is not some abstract theory but something we are actually experiencing right now. I prefer not to give examples as these are the very issues that split our society and make some of the most heated discussions leaving everybody bitter and upset.

dale_glass 4y ago

I have no doubt that Russia engages in a lot of shenanigans today. However that back in 1985, what this guy is saying about the USSR managing worm into the US to the point of raising an entire generation that thought what the USSR wanted them to think -- that to me seems extremely dubious. There may be a kernel of truth there -- yes, the KGB may have had such a strategy, and it might have been successfully executed in some cases. What I highly doubt is that it actually did work on the US in 1985. You have to consider a conflict in priorities there. This guy defected. He burned every bridge there was to burn back home, and that means he desperately needs to ingratiate himself with where he ended up instead, and given that McCarthyism was right around that time it doesn't take a genius to latch on that. Also, let's be serious here. This is almost 40 years ago. Many people of importance from back then are now dead or retired. If this interview has anything to do with modern reality it's more by accident than anything.

bilvar 4y ago
On the contrary. Many of those people are now tenured professors and deans of universities, which Bezmenov said were specifically and overwhelmingly targeted by this strategy. Guess which ideology most universities lean on - the ideological uniformity and persecution of different viewpoints has reached an extreme level there.

phendrenad2 4y ago

Asserting that everyone is "seeing it with their own eyes" is kind of weird, since you can only see with your own eyes. It's a certain kind of solipsism that I'm personally getting rather tired of.

hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
I see your point, I used this expression to emphasize the fact that it is not some abstract theory but something we are actually experiencing right now. I prefer not to give examples as these are the very issues that split our society and make some of the most heated discussions leaving everybody bitter and upset.