Yuri Bezmenov : A Lecture on Subversion (1983)

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Yuri Bezmenov: A Lecture on Subversion (1983)

Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Безменов, also known as Tomas David Schuman; 1939 – 1993) was a journalist for RIA Novosti and a former PGU KGB informant from the Soviet Union who defected to Canada. [2]

After being assigned to a station in India, Bezmenov eventually grew to love the people and the culture of India, but at the same time, he began to resent the KGB-sanctioned oppression of intellectuals who dissented from Moscow’s policies. He decided to defect to the West. Bezmenov is best remembered for his anticommunist lectures and books from the 1980s.

In 1983, he gave this interview to G. Edward Griffin, who at that time was a member of the John Birch Society, an anticommunist group. In the interview, Bezmenov explained the methods used by the KGB for the gradual subversion of the political system of the United States.

Under the pen-name Tomas D. Schuman, Bezmenov authored the book Love Letter to America. The author’s biography of the book likens Bezmenov to Winston Smith, from George Orwell’s 1984.

There is a strong push from the Fourth International to remove Bezmenov’s works from the public domain. I hope this post detracts from that objective.

The lecture was made against Soviet subversion and the terms used reference that – but the vernacular should now be applied to the neocon-controlled Washington and its vassal states.

There are the twenty parts to the lecture. The parts can be viewed here:
https://cosmolearning.org/documentaries/yuri-bezmenov-lecture-on-subversion-1983/1/

or the full Youtube version here (1h:24min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qkf3bajd4

The short version is here (15 mins)

Stages of Subversion by Yuri Bezmenov (a.k.a. Tomas Schuman)

YURI BEZMENOV:

Ideological subversion is the process which is legitimate and open. You can see it with your own eyes…. It has nothing to do with espionage.

I know that intelligence gathering looks more romantic…. That’s probably why your Hollywood producers are so crazy about James Bond types of films. But in reality the main emphasis of the KGB is NOT in the area of intelligence at all.

According to my opinion, and the opinions of many defectors of my caliber, only about 15% of time, money, and manpower is spent on espionage as such. The other 85% is a slow process which we call either ideological subversion, active measures, or psychological warfare.

What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.

It’s a great brainwashing process which goes very slow and is divided into four basic stages. The first one being “demoralization”. It takes from 15 to 20 years to demoralize a nation. Why that many years? Because this is the minimum number of years required to educate one generation of students in the country of your enemy exposed to the ideology of [their] enemy.

In other words, Marxism-Leninism ideology is being pumped into the soft heads of at least three generation of American students without being challenged or counterbalanced by the basic values of Americanism; American patriotism….

The result? The result you can see … the people who graduated in the 60’s, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals, are now occupying the positions of power in the government, civil service, business, mass media, and educational systems. You are stuck with them. You can’t get through to them. They are contaminated.

They are programmed to think and react to certain stimuli in a certain pattern [alluding to Pavlov]. You cannot change their mind even if you expose them to authentic information. Even if you prove that white is white and black is black, you still can not change the basic perception and the logic of behavior.

In other words [for] these people the process of demoralization is complete and irreversible. To rid society of these people you need another 15 or 20 years to educate a new generation of patriotically minded and common sense people who would be acting in favor and in the interests of United States society.

Here subversion goes on simultaneously on various “levels” of national and human activity: level of consciousness (ideology) level of authority (socio-political power and administration), and level of material wellbeing (economy).

The demoralization process in the United States is basically completed already for the last 25 years. Actually, it’s over fulfilled because demoralization now reaches such areas where not even Comrade Andropov and all his experts would even dream of such tremendous success. Most of it is done by Americans to Americans thanks to lack of moral standards.

As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures. …he will refuse to believe it…. That’s the tragedy of the situation of demoralization.

Notes from the lecture by Mr. Thomas, Schuman at the News Word International correspondent’s seminar Feb. 22 – 24 (1979?) [Thomas Schuman is an x-KBG officer]

Stage one: Demoralization. Preparatory period 10 to 30 years

Level of consciousness (ideology)

Infiltration into mass media, educational systems, organized religion and religious groups, cultural and professional groups and organizations. The main goal: psychological change of national and individual perception of reality to such an extent that majority of a nation does not perceive any danger emanating from totalitarianism, moreover the hostile system is ultimately accepted as non-belligerent and even in certain aspects desirable, in any case — functional as an alternative to the present one.

The most efficient methods of demoralization is semantic manipulation of population, or word pollution, whereby the normal true meaning of the words and traditionally accepted meanings are being gradually replaced by Orwellian type surrogates, partly or totally opposite to the reality.

Example: “Patriotic Front Guerillas” — Moscow trained and armed regular force, practicing mega-mass murders and terror against defenseless population of their own country. <<Y US-supported moderate rebels overseas, right or left wing radicals, feminists etc. at home. Y>>

Example: “United Nations” a forum for ideological war between lifetime bureaucratic representatives of various elites and Juntas, most of them not related to any nation at all (Belorussia, Ukraina, GDR etc. “ambassadors” to UN).

Example: “World Peace Council” — Soviet sponsored propaganda front, supporting localized military conflicts, as long as they are directed against the Western (USA) interests. <<Y US NGO’s and Aid Organisations Y>>

Example: “Free medical aid” (anything “free”) — a government-subsidized service, financed from taxation of the population, and extended to population disregarding the real needs, capabilities or merits of individuals. etc…

Level of authority

Subversion on this level requires infiltration into domestic institutions of a nation as well as into her foreign policymaking bodies. Domestically, the aim of the subverter is to weaken the home defenses, such as security services, police, army, civil service, other public services (transport, post office, hydro — if nationalized, etc).

The methods — discreditation of the administration of the most vital national services. Investigations of “wrong doings”; corruption affairs, sex scandals — implication of the national leaders and politicians in fraudulent or dubious affairs, smear tactics in media etc. Ridicule everything “patriotic” as psychotic.

Describe every effort to reveal the activity of subverter (KGB et al) – as “paranoid”. Discredit everyone, who can testify to public, media and parliament the true nature of subversion (immigrants from Communist regimes are shown to a nation as “emotionally unbalanced”. Solzhenytsin “arrogant prophet and a profiteer” etc).

Internationally, the demoralization process concerns mainly with relations with other extensions of the subverter’s regime. To corner the nation in question into fraudulent “Disarmament Campaigns” fictional and unverifiable SALT agreements. Isolate the “capitalist” countries from each other and split their blocks, while drawing the ragments into “deals” with totalitarian camp.

Force USA to betray her allies (Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, South Africa). Make leaders of the target nations sign all sorts of fake “joint communiqués” giving the subverter much needed appearance of decency and acceptance.

Level of economy

Forcing the West into unequal, beneficial only to the subverter deals (with idealized, if, preferential trade status “deal”, sea-fishing “deals”. etc). Dumping policies (sale of “Ladall cars in Canada half-price of its replica – “Fiat-12811).

There are about 20 Soviet-owned companies in Canada, such as Tractorexport Ltd. in Toronto; Emec Trading Ltd. in Vancouver; Socan aircraft in Calgary, churning yearly 7 digit profits. The goal is double-barreled: to undermine similar Canadian and US businesses and to consolidate huge “liquid” assets to subsidize other forms of subversion in the target area.

Stage Two: Destabilization (2 Years To 5 Months)

Encouragement and provoking of labor unrest by infiltrating. and “ideologisation” of the unions; provoking unnecessary strikes, creating inflation, lowering productivity with simultaneous propaganda of increased demands; propaganda of “strong government” and necessity of “controls” — militarisation of the “grass roots” movements and minority groups (gays, coloreds, womenlib, prisonlib, kidlib, fartlib) and sidetracking of the public attention to the non-issues (dogs dropping on the sidewalks etc).

Propaganda of gun control for the law-abiding population with simultaneous relaxation of attitude towards recidivist criminals. Thus, rendering a nation helpless and defenseless in the future event of political terrorism; breaking down of democratic institutions (parliaments to city halls) and replacing them with a number of centralized govt. appointed bodies, people can not re-elect or get rid of otherwise; breaking down of national unity (ethnic, racial, religious linguistic etc); sabotage and arrangement of accidents on transport, power stations etc. to create an atmosphere of insecurity and panic.

Stage Three: Collapce, Explosion ( 2 Weeks To A Month)

Interrelations between parts of economy break down; general strike; growth of terrorism and crime; total discontent; currency crisis (gold rush); collapse of the government and import of an alternative “exile” government; power concentrates in the hands of the militant “revolutionary” group, who will be disposed off later on. The nation is ripe for the final act of subversion: “invitation of a communist occupational army (Cuban, Soviet etc).

What to do about it? Is it possible do prevent subversion?

Yes. It takes a unified national effort. Any democratic nation should cultivate such attitudes as devotion to one’s country, patriotism, moral strength, working ethics, resurrection of all national traditional values.

Among other drastic measures: restriction of liberties of self proclaimed anti-democratic, militant, radical and amoral groups. Re-elections. Chose responsible, not “charismatic” leaders. Reform your currency and cancel (not “freeze”‘) all the assets of the subverter country. Expel all the agents of the subverter without any apology or explanation.

Reestablish friendly relations with the moderate and non-aggressive dictatorships as long as they are anti-communist. Preach self-restraint and moderation to the population. Explain to the people, that the situation is serious, and that some small liberties have to be sacrificed for the sake of survival and basic freedom, but when and if it comes to the worst and your nation is invaded or “liberated” by internal “revolutionary” forces? Well, you still have a chance.

Remember every “progressive Marxist economy” immediately results in a disastrous shortage of everything needed for survival;

Learn firearms; befriend a policeman or an army officer long before the war starts — that means now;

Study survival techniques, learn how to grow food, hunt, build shelter and keep warm.

Learn professions essential for emergency situation: mechanic, radio-operator, doctor, pilot, electrician etc;

Learn the languages of ‘potential aggressors (Russian, Spanish, Chinese);

Learn to cooperate, but be ready to expect no help from anyone;

Learn to be self-sufficient;

Try to stay informed whatever happens, Remember every “progressive revolutionary” regime immediately establishes a blanket censorship over all mass communication media.

Have a small short-wave radio and a CB transmitter — you may need the latter for underground communications.

Study evacuation routes from your city to a nearest safe place: remember — industrial center is the most probable target both for Communist rockets and for urban terrorists, trained by Moscow or Havana.

Stage Four: “Normalization” (Indefinite Period)

Expulsion (or execution) of the previous national leaders and the top of the military and security establishment. Shocked population organize “resistance”. Too late: the resistance is announced to be an “imperialist plot” (CIA). Soviet (Cuban) aid is “requested.” Tanks and planes arrive in short order.

Then comes expulsion (or execution) of foreign correspondents and diplomats as “spies”, establishment of “revolutionary” censorship over all mass media, mass arrests of political opponents, rapid creation of concentration camps for the “enemies of the people”, regimentation of all national life, shortage of all the basic commodities, mass terror, etc.

This usually ends the circle of events and a “liberated” nation for an indefinite period becomes a satellite of a communist power. This is the least painful development. The other two alternatives are unmeasurably more tragic:

1. International (multinational) military conflict (Indochina), or

2. Civil war and mass terror against the civilian population.

Both alternatives imply that the “liberated” nation by this time is: totally defenseless internally (the Police and security destroyed) — defenseless individually (guns expropriated no civil-defense programs conducted for years, gangs of “revolutionaries” are absolutely free to do, whatever they imagine is good for the cause — defenseless internationally (army is in a state of atrophy after disarmament and SALTs) — friendless (all former allies betrayed, USA abused, UN packed with previously “liberated” countries).

Thus, no one in the whole world is going to help you and prevent the “normalization” of your nation. Least of all the remaining democratic (or autocratic, but non-aggressive) countries. Your governments and your media have been romancing with “socialism” and “détente” for so long, that establishment of the “peoples” power in your country would not seem tragic for them. Besides, what can they do? Move their troops?

Subversion is complete and successful. From now on the infected system will stabilize itself and grow, eventually replacing the normal healthy national body, than devouring the disintegrated remnants of it.

Citation
[1] https://cosmolearning.org/documentaries/yuri-bezmenov-lecture-on-subversion-1983/1/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Bezmenov

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Know this video very well and would strongly recommend it. A must watch. I thought it was fascinating that “demoralization” of an entire culture (and country) can be PREDICTED and orchestrated decades in advance by the puppeteers in the towers.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

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Keymaster wrote:

Know this video very well and would strongly recommend it. A must watch. I thought it was fascinating that “demoralization” of an entire culture (and country) can be PREDICTED and orchestrated decades in advance by the puppeteers in the towers.

The Soviets took a very different path since Marx and Lenin – Communism as a tool relies on psychological change over physical force to allow the destruction of the body politic to run its course.

The neocons are the next generation of that struggle.

[Back in BlackParticipant 1732]

I have seen the full interview and believe it is a must watch. Very eye opening.

One of my favorite parts, and I will roughly paraphrase, is where he says of the gays, feminists and SJW, “Once the current regime is overthrown the social justice warrior, feminists and gays will be overjoyed and believe they will have all their rights and be put into positions of power. In fact, they will be the first ones lined up and shot. They will not believe it until the military boot is crushing their b~~~~“.

Boom.

"Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted—in a word, are big children all their lives, something intermediate between the child and the man, who is a man in the strict sense of the word. Consider how a young girl will toy day after day with a child, dance with it and sing to it; and then consider what a man, with the very best intentions in the world, could do in her place.” Quote from Arthur Shopenhauer, 17th century philosopher

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Back in Black wrote:

One of my favorite parts, and I will roughly paraphrase, is where he says of the gays, feminists and SJW, “Once the current regime is overthrown the social justice warrior, feminists and gays will be overjoyed and believe they will have all their rights and be put into positions of power. In fact, they will be the first ones lined up and shot. They will not believe it until the military boot is crushing their b~~~~“.

This is the beauty – if we can call it that – of mental conditioning that refuses to accept anything but the ‘destruction of inequality’ narrative. Females are targetted as the main group to do this dirty work because of their lack of reasoning power. Only groups that are easy to manipulate get brainwashed into this.

[Anonymous 14]

This was one of the earlier videos I watched about a decade ago when I started going down rabbit holes. A must watch indeed.

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Anonymous wrote:

This was one of the earlier videos I watched about a decade ago when I started going down rabbit holes. A must watch indeed.

This is something every man has to see and understand because it directly affects MGTOW. I hope to post on the connection between feminism and the deep state.

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