Quote: (11-06-2014 06:00 PM)Samseau Wrote:
I know the above may sound like conspiratorial nonsense, but in actuality many KGB agents have come out with the USSR's old demoralization and disinformation programs:
Watch the whole series if you want to be shocked and frightened. But the bottom line is that a lot of bullshit like feminism may have been the result of useful idiots spouting demoralization propaganda in the United States from top tier universities causing America's cultural decline.
Yuri way overestimates the power of the Soviet propaganda machine. There was a disinformation campaign that went on for decades, but I am not sure how effective it was since in the end it was the Soviet Union that embraced capitalism and not the USA that embraced communism.
The reality is that I think in most late-stage empires (like the USA) cultural rot/decay is inevitable. It is a byproduct of the easy life. This was the case in the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Babylonian Empire, etc.
This video sums it up perfectly: