Bezmenov described this process as "a great brainwashing" which has four basic stages. (demoralization,destabilization,crisis,normalization)
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-educateone generation of students that is normally exposed to the ideology of its country.
Here's how he further defined ideological subversion:
"What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent 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."
In what is perhaps a most striking passage in the interview, here's how Bezmenov described the state of a "demoralized" person:
"As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore," said Bezmenov. "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, with pictures; even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him [a] concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it, until he [receives] a kick in his fan-bottom. When a military boot crashes his balls then he will understand. But not before that. That's the [tragedy] of the situation of demoralization."
Referring to such people, Bezmenov said:
"They are programmed to think and react to certain stimuli in a certain pattern [alluding to Pavlov]. You can not 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."
Once demoralization is completed, the second stage of ideological brainwashing is "destabilization". During this two-to-five-year period, asserted Bezmenov, 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.
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.
This will happen to America unless it gets rid of people who will bring it to a crisis, warned Bezmenov. What's more "if people will fail to grasp the impending danger of that development, nothing ever can help [the] United States," adding, "You may kiss goodbye to your freedom."
我在前面說過多次,我不認為美國和西方現實中還有電影中為了正義,冒生命和職業風險出來爆料的人。我是不信的。一切在我看來都是game,雙方或者幾方都在play games。比如愛潑斯坦的事,以前不是新聞,2016年大選就是被捂着,去年後突然出來了。比如這位ABC女主持人,壓了這個三年,三年中有多少少女被侵犯?她的良心呢?到現在突然暴露出來了。太多staged play。你知道嗎?這些人是相信人活着是simulation,everything is a play,a reality show。關於simulation我以後有空再寫.
你的洞察很有道理。我是非常贊同他說的美國這艘船是美麗的,即便沉了,也是美麗的船。洗腦是共產黨的法寶,美國內部占主導的neoliberalism跟共產主義是兄弟意識形態,這是他再里根那個時代是不會認知的。現在明朗的多。neoliberalism和neocon需要俄羅斯作為敵人,需要中東作為動亂,需要中國的勞力和市場。採用的也是grand brain washing,他們互相學習,借鑑的。他最有意思的一句話是寄希望大政府give all the goodies。我在前面引用陀思妥耶夫斯基的小說《卡拉馬左夫兄弟》宗教大法官說那段話,是想指出給人麵包,然後就為所欲為是共產主義的罪惡。大政府也是。