Comment by the_third_wave
3 years ago
Yuri Bezmenov was a Soviet informant and KGB operative who defected to the United States in the early 70s who has some choice words to say on this subject, words which turned out to be more than prophetic. It is worth watching the whole interview, about 1 hour 20 minutes in which he laid out the four stages of ideological subversion” created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken nations from within.
For those who voted down this factual answer to the question posed by hospitalJail a link to the Wikipedia page on Bezmenov may be helpful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Bezmenov
The talk page is interesting as well as it shows that the same sentiment which most likely led some individuals to vote down this mentioning of Bezmenov here also leads some to try to get the article on Bezmenov deleted as "Not notable" [1], attempts to link him via his "popularity among the alt-right" to hoaxes like the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and insinuating mentioning Bezmenov "recklessly promotes far-right conspiracy theory" [2], calling Bezmenov and his story a "CIA fabrication" [3] and again lamenting the fact that Bezemov's [sic.] ideas of ideological subversion are often used by the Alt-Right and Anti-Communists [4], thereby attempting to not only smear Bezmenov but also to link anti-communism with "alt-right".
Yes, Bezmenov is a source often used by those who want to show examples of attempted subversion by the Soviet Union, this is why that interview I linked to is a good fit in the context of a question on foreign interference.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yuri_Bezmenov#Not_notable?
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yuri_Bezmenov#Popularity_...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yuri_Bezmenov#Possibility...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yuri_Bezmenov#Conspiracy_...