KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)

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Strong rec zackees · 2022-04 · on ““Decolonising Math”: Durham U Asks Professors to Consider Race of Mathematicians”

> What’s the point, to achieve paralysis? Yes. Here's a one hour lecture from a KGB defector who's explains what's going on: 15 min lecture: [this video] 1 hour lecture: [LINK] TL;DR: It's intentional, it's going to get way worse, and if you get too loud in opposition you will find yourself ostracized and possibly without a job.

Cites m0zg · 2020-08 · on “TikTok to challenge U.S. order banning transactions with the video app”

> sponsored Why the past tense? Seems to me like someone is still "sponsoring" racial tensions in the US. This has been in the works for quite some time, and it's paying dividends now: [this video] . The entirety of the US media apparatus, as well as the entirety of the political establishment is happy to play along.

Cites 29athrowaway · 2020-09 · on “Is Spotify Killing the Top 40?”

Many conspiracies can be just explained through emergent behavior. For example, there could be demand for that music, and the labels are just creating content to respond to that demand... without any ethical considerations about what they're promoting, that is. But to be honest, a conspiracy of some kind could be an explanation, who knows. For some people, there are substantial tangible, material benefits to dumbing down society. For example, the "gangster rapper" stereotype is pushed aggresively by the music industry. The popularity of "gangster rap" results in "gangster" aesthetics becoming fashionable, even among law abiding people who are not gangsters. However, when people see a person

Cites dfischer · 2020-09 · on “Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores”

Most definitely cia has a history with manipulating information. But at the point of information, how do you know what to even trust at any level? Evidence can be provided for anything. Information and disinformation all at the same time. This is only increasing - how will anyone be able to sort themselves out? I’m not so sure it’s possible. [this video] Also 60 seconds of video is a ton of information. And it’s not just one video at a time. The total session aggregated per user per active user is way higher than that. These are behaviors where users use the app all day. Their entire worldview is based on the content within the social network experience.

Cites mmmeff · 2021-04 · on “French left tears itself apart over ‘non-white’ meetings”

This goes back to Soviet cold-war-era psy-ops. They planted the seeds in the US and now the US is exporting it to the rest of the world. [this video]

Cites Lio · 2022-03 · on “DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation””

I’m OK with this. Given that it was a KGB policy to mess with the truth[1] I think it’s fine to try to inoculate yourself from it. 1. [this video]