Nowadays, the truth seems practically impossible to decipher…
How can one determine what is true and what is not true?
Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB agent, gave his thoughts years ago, on what happens to a society that has been “demoralized,” saying,
“Exposure to true information does not matter anymore.”
“A person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell him nothing, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures. …he will refuse to believe it… That is the tragedy of the situation of demoralization.”
Looking at the way our world is today, many of the concepts Bezmenov discusses in his lectures seem to have become our reality, if analyzed closely and comprehensively.
Between television, the internet, social media, and the endless technology that gives us access to all sorts of reports and stories (that may or may not be true), we are overwhelmed with information.
Critical thinking is the most important skill we can have as citizens, human-beings, individuals who wish to bring positive change and justice to our world.
Otherwise, we the people will continue to be manipulated and lied to…. simply because we don’t know any better.
If our governments, medias, and education systems are not telling the truth or a diluted form of the truth, it will become even more difficult to decipher what is true and what is not.
Censorship doesn’t make it any easier, either.
We the people, must become investigators for truth by exploring all possible perspectives to determine what we believe to be true and form our own conclusions.
Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB agent, has given countless lectures on ideological subversion, also known as psychological warfare.
He explains how ideological subversion is a type of psychological warfare used to manipulate populations and the outcome of nations.
What is “Subversion?”
Subversion (or ideological subversion) is the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.
Bezmenov was a Soviet KGB propaganda agent. After defecting to Canada in 1970, he described the long process of national subversion used by the USSR on international targets.
“I was engaged in something much more unpleasant than espionage. I was engaged in ideological subversion, which is seldom explained to people by your media because the media is part of that process,” said Bezmenov.
Unfortunately, he passed away from a heart attack in 1992, however, his lectures remain available online.
These tactics are used by governments, medias, and educational systems worldwide to achieve specific agendas and goals that are not necessarily made known to the public.
The KGB defector described the process of subversion, or psychological warfare, as a “great brainwashing” that can be broken down into 4 stages.
He says most of the work, 85%of it, is “a slow process which is known as either ideological subversion, active measures, or psychological warfare.”
The first stage is called “demoralization” which takes from 15 to 20 years to achieve.
According to the former KGB agent, that is the minimum number of years it takes to re-educate one generation of students that is normally exposed to the ideology of its country.
The actual plan was leaked by Yuri Bezmenov in the early 1980s.
The Four Stages of Subversion:
Demoralization, Destabilization, Crisis, and Normalization.
Yuri Bezmennov shared this helpful graphic which defines what ideological subversion, or psychological warfare, might look like in society.
THE SUBVERSION PROCESS:
In Yuri’s words, he defines subversion as the following:
“What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite 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.”
1. Demoralization
Demoralization is a process that is “irreversible”. Bezmenov believed (back in 1984) that the process of demoralizing America was already completed.
2. Destabilization
Once demoralization is completed, the second stage of ideological brainwashing is “destabilization”. During this 2-5 year period, what matters is the targeting of essential structural elements of a nation: economy, foreign relations, and defense systems. Basically, the subverter (Russia) would look to destabilize every one of those areas in the United States, considerably weakening it.
3. Crisis
The third stage would be “crisis”. It would take only up to six weeks to send a country into crisis, explained Bezmenov. The crisis would bring “a violent change of power, structure, and economy” and will be followed by the last stage, “normalization.” That’s when your country is basically taken over, living under a new ideology and reality.
It would take another generation and another couple of decades to get the people to think differently and return to their patriotic American values, according to Bezmenov.
4. Normalization
Normalization is the final stage of psychological warfare. At this point, people will be used to the “new way of life,” and likely unaware or ignorant of what has happened to their nation.
Bezemnov says “this is when your country is basically taken over, living under a new ideology and reality”
It would take another generation and another couple of decades to get the people to think differently and return to their patriotic American values, according to Bezmenov.
One of Yuri Bezmenov’s fascinating lectures:
ABOUT THE WRITER:
Elena Patestas is a journalist and writer for Valuetainment media. She attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and Adelphi University on Long Island, New York. She was born and raised in Roslyn, New York, and currently lives in Miami, Florida.
Elena is passionate about bringing positive change to our world and believes education is the root to solving many societal problems. After overcoming a chronic health condition, Elena became passionate about health and believes food is the key to preventing dis-ease and achieving optimum health.
Amongst her many goals, she hopes to bring positive, impactful change to our world to create a healthy, financially sound, and unified society.
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