In other words, he posited a dialectic where the Soviets were the bad guys because it was too conservative and wasn't socially progressive, individualist, pluralist and liberal.
It was to illustrate they aren't fighting for a good cause, they're being lied to.
No, he hammered the point that communism is bad because it's authoritarian and suppresses individual liberty contrasting it to the liberal democracies of the west. He promoted classical liberalism even if he cautioned against surging marxist ideas in western societies. In reality, all forms of liberalism are bad, not just the radical ones on the far left spectrum. His message in essence was: "I've seen first hand where leftism and socialist ideas lead. You've got it good here, just don't let the commies to power". As if the policies of the US after WWII were not dictated by Frankfurt school operatives and the social revolution of the 60's wasn't socialist in nature.
Bezmanov completely laid into the boomer cold war narrative of the free capitalist democratic west vs. the authoritarian communist east. We see the resurgence of this RAND Corp propaganda with "Russia vs the free world".
In other words, he posited a dialectic where the Soviets were the bad guys because it was too conservative and wasn't socially progressive, individualist, pluralist and liberal.
It was to illustrate they aren't fighting for a good cause, they're being lied to.
No, he hammered the point that communism is bad because it's authoritarian and suppresses individual liberty contrasting it to the liberal democracies of the west. He promoted classical liberalism even if he cautioned against surging marxist ideas in western societies. In reality, all forms of liberalism are bad, not just the radical ones on the far left spectrum. His message in essence was: "I've seen first hand where leftism and socialist ideas lead. You've got it good here, just don't let the commies to power". As if the policies of the US after WWII were not dictated by Frankfurt school operatives and the social revolution of the 60's wasn't socialist in nature.
Bezmanov completely laid into the boomer cold war narrative of the free capitalist democratic west vs. the authoritarian communist east.
In other words, he posited a dialectic where the Soviets were the bad guys because it was too conservative and wasn't socially progressive, individualist, pluralist and liberal.
It was to illustrate they aren't fighting for a good cause, they're being lied to.
No, he hammered the point that communism is bad because it's authoritarian and suppresses individual liberty contrasting it to the liberal democracies of the west. He promoted classical liberalism even if he cautioned against surging marxist ideas in western societies. In reality, all forms of liberalism are bad, not just the radical ones on the far left spectrum. His message in essence was: "I've seen first hand where leftism and socialist ideas lead. You've got it good here, just don't let the commies to power". As if the policies of the US after WWII were not dictated by Frankfurt school operatives and the social revolution of the 60's wasn't socialist in nature.
In other words, he posited a dialectic where the Soviets were the bad guys because it was too conservative and wasn't socially progressive, individualist, pluralist and liberal.
It was to illustrate they aren't fighting for a good cause, they're being lied to.
No, he hammered the point that communism is bad because it's authoritarian and suppresses individual liberty contrasting it to the liberal democracies of the west. He promoted classical liberalism even if he cautioned against surging marxist ideas in western societies. In reality, all forms of liberalism are bad, not just the radical ones on the far left spectrum. His message in essence was: "I've seen first hand where leftism and socialist ideas lead. You've got it good here, just don't let the commies to power". As if the policies of the US after WWII were not dictated by Frankfurt school operatives and the social revolution wasn't socialist in nature.
In other words, he posited a dialectic where the Soviets were the bad guys because it was too conservative and wasn't socially progressive, individualist, pluralist and liberal.
It was to illustrate they aren't fighting for a good cause, they're being lied to.
No, he hammered the point that communism is bad because it's authoritarian and suppresses individual liberty contrasting it to the liberal democracies of the west. He promoted classical liberalism even if he cautioned against surging marxist ideas in western societies. In reality, all forms of liberalism are bad, not just the radical ones on the far left spectrum.