"Subversion, in Soviet terminology, always means distracting and aggressive activity aimed at destroying your enemy's country, nation or geographical area."
Apr 6, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The Impact of the Cloward-Piven Strategy on American Welfare Policies:
#WELFARE
The Cloward-Piven Strategy was developed by sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, who argued that a guaranteed income for all Americans was the key to ending poverty.
But achieving this would require overloading the welfare system. 😒🤨
Apr 5, 2023 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
The Frankfurt School, from a Failed Revolution to Critical Theory:
In this thread, we will explore the negative effects of the Frankfurt School's ideology on modern-day society and their left-wing thought and politics.
But first, what was The Frankfurt School?
Also known as the Institute for Social Research, was a group of Marxist intellectuals who established themselves in Frankfurt, Germany in the 1920s:
Apr 2, 2023 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Why the U.S. Government currently stores 1.4 billion lbs of cheese?
Have you ever heard of underground cheese warehouses?
Let explore the existence of such warehouses across 35 different US states:
But how did these underground cheese warehouses come to be in the first place?
Soviet Interference in the 1964 US Presidential Election:
Today we'll be examining a document that sheds light on the Soviet Union's experience with interference in a foreign presidential election. #Soviet#US#Presidential#Election#Republicans#Democrats#UnitedStates#KGB
The note, dated September 1964, was signed by the head of the KGB and the deputy head of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mar 31, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
How Moscow "ruled" the Social Democrats:
During the Cold War, the KGB infiltrated the Socialist International, an association of socialist parties that included influential parties like Labor in Great Britain, SDP in West Germany, Parti Socialiste in France, and Social Democrats
The organization had no significant power itself, but its member parties held power in their respective countries and could decide on joint positions. The KGB had good contacts within the organization and knew that whoever controlled it had a great chance of winning the Cold War.
Mar 29, 2023 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
The Subvertion of Sweden education by Marxism:
In 1972, Sweden diplomatically recognized East Germany, leading to extensive cooperation between the two countries.
The Stasi, East Germany's security and spy agency, led a propaganda project targeting Sweden's schools:
Carl Bildt, who would later become Sweden's foreign affairs minister, advocated for Swedish recognition of East Germany and participated in a Stockholm student union's committee for good contacts with East Germany.
(Carl Bildt pictured with Gösta Bohman)
Jan 22, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Yuri Bezmenov, que foi um ex-agente da KGB, discutiu a ideia da subversão da sociedade em suas palestras e escritos.
Segundo ele há quatro etapas na subversão de uma sociedade:
desestabilização
crise
normalização
controle
DESESTABILIZAÇÃO:
Envolve a disseminação de ideias e valores desestabilizadores na sociedade, como a desconfiança nas instituições tradicionais e a promoção de ideologias revolucionárias.