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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it to argue that cultural subversion and normalization are playing out today, though mostly as a reference in unrelated threads.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of the most important videos on the entire Internet”

    Considered extremely important by the commenter

    MikeAshley178, 2022-07 · Strong recommendation · in “West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capacity due to data centres”

  2. “Listen to some Yuri Besmenov [1] if you don't know what I'm talking about.”

    Bezmenov's account of cultural subversion

    returnbuyer, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How would you turn Twitter around?”

  3. “The following ancient cold war era video will probably make you understand what i mean and more”

    Cold war video on subversion the commenter sees repeating

    coretx, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: yuri bezmenov, kgb, propaganda, cold war, ideological subversion

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