From the New World

Yuri Bezmenov: The Countercultural Arts Fund

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Apr 27, 2025
Yuri Bezmenov, a pseudonymous writer and author of the Yuri Bezmenov Substack, delves into modern ideological subversion. He discusses the changing landscape of cultural grants, advocating for support of right-leaning artists. The conversation also tackles the evolution of horror cinema and the global rise of classical music, particularly from China. Bezmenov emphasizes the importance of artistic freedom and critiques the influence of political ideologies on patronage, urging for authentic engagement in cultural dialogue.
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Four Stages of Ideological Subversion

  • Ideological subversion weakens society in four stages: demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization. - The goal is to collapse internal structures to allow socialist control acceptance.
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Subversion as a Recurrent Cycle

  • Ideological subversion ebbs and flows and can cycle repeatedly over various issues. - Once subversions infiltrate institutions, it becomes hard to reform without losing people to parallel systems.
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Institutional Capture Through Generations

  • The takeover of institutions occurs by grooming ideologically aligned individuals to leadership. - Activism in youth can evolve into controlling academic and corporate institutions decades later.
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