RE: LeoThread 2025-11-12 03-21

[professorstrange]

KGB agent: It takes one generation to demoralize and another to brainwash

Efforts have been active since the 1960s 😬

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[curamax]

Thought-provoking thread... long arcs like that are worth reading.

[professorstrange]

yeah those long-term strategies are scary effective - glad it's out there for discussion

[dagger212]

Scary stuff. It's very sobering to see this stuff play out in real life.

[professorstrange]

Yeah it's eerie how spot on it feels watching the world today. Hard to unsee once you notice

[professorstrange]

Worth reading for anyone wondering whether slow brainwashing is occurring in the country
Here are 20 of Bezmenov’s key insights

[professorstrange]

Ideological subversion is a decades-long process (15–60 years) meant to change a nation's perception of reality without military force

[professorstrange]

Only about 15% of KGB efforts were traditional espionage; most targeted psychological warfare and ideological manipulation

[professorstrange]

The goal is to demoralize society by undermining moral, educational, and cultural foundations so people cannot recognize or defend against threats

[professorstrange]

Demoralization takes about 15–20 years—the time needed to educate a generation with subversive ideas

[professorstrange]

Educational systems at all levels are primary targets, turning schools into indoctrination centers that favor relativism over facts and critical thinking

[professorstrange]

Media infiltration creates confusion by amplifying divisive narratives and discrediting objective truth
Religion is portrayed as outdated or oppressive to erode spiritual anchors and replace them with state loyalty or nihilism

[professorstrange]

Family structures are weakened through promotion of individualism, higher divorce rates, and alternative lifestyles that fragment social cohesion

[professorstrange]

Moral relativism blurs right and wrong, producing apathy and preventing unity against a society’s real enemies
History is rewritten to vilify national heroes and traditions, fostering self-doubt and collective guilt

[professorstrange]

After demoralization, destabilization follows for 2–5 years, targeting the economy, foreign relations, and defense to create internal chaos

[professorstrange]

Economic sabotage widens class divides, shrinks the middle class, and breeds resentment via inflation, shortages, or inequality
Foreign policy is manipulated to isolate the nation, strain alliances, and embolden adversaries

[professorstrange]

Defense readiness erodes through budget cuts, internal divisions, or anti-military messaging
The Crisis stage erupts in violence or upheaval, when a demoralized and destabilized society demands radical solutions

[professorstrange]

During the crisis, freedoms are willingly surrendered for promised security, paving the way for authoritarian control
Normalization is the final phase, where subversive changes become institutionalized and irreversible

[professorstrange]

Opposition is silenced through censorship, marginalization, or elimination during normalization

[professorstrange]

The process depends on “useful idiots”—well-meaning intellectuals, elites, activists, and leaders who unknowingly advance societal collapse

[professorstrange]

Once subversion succeeds, exposing the truth often fails to reverse it, as the population rejects facts that contradict the reprogrammed worldview