What is to be thought of him, his input on the KGB Doctrine-Operations and Thesis?
an opportunist looking to make a quick buck
>>18012222some truths, many half-truths/obvious biasesgive this a readhttps://archive.org/details/400437397TheDeceptionGameLadislavBittman1972Pdf/mode/1up?view=theater
He's generally right but he was also a prop for the US establishment to make sure people stay afraid and don't join any silly anti-war movements or anything of the likeAll propaganda isn't misfacts by definition
>most communist revolutionaries are "useful idiots"true>rock & roll is a communist plot to corrupt the youthnot reallyit is an error to assume literally every element of the modern world and liberty is a source of degeneracy or that degeneracy is orchestrated by a single group, rather decadence is a perennial problem that is taken advantage of, it is confirmation bias
He was BASED
>>18012351>he was also a prop for the US establishment to make sure people stay afraid and don't join any silly anti-war movements or anything of the likeHe's also there to make sure that you only blame American adversaries for subverting the U.S, not "allies" like Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia or internal politics/institutions like the CIA.>>18012353>it is an error to assume literally every element of the modern world and liberty is a source of degeneracy or that degeneracy is orchestrated by a single groupI also think it's more that foreign regimes like the USSR or China encourage and fan the flames of stuff like that rather than inventing it themselves. They see the U.S doing something counterintuitive internally/culturally and encourage it. China's gaming of Tiktok algorithms depending on the country is a great example of this.
>>18012796definitely ahead of his time, would fit perfectly now