KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)

Re:KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) by tablespoon on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:12PM (#30472984)

> A totalitarian state is prone to falling apart - the USSR is a prime example.

That's taken as an article of faith, but I'm not sure how true it actually is. Sure some totalitarian have fallen apart (the Soviet Union), but others have not (China), and Western liberal democracies aren't looking so stable nowadays.

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Re:KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) by credit_guy on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:48PM (#30474863)

Totalitarian regimes have a fundamental problem: succession. Very few empires cracked that nut.

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Re:KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) by pleb_nz on Saturday February 26, 2022 @03:51AM (#30476169)

Can you list the liberal democracies that aren't doing so well?

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Re:KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) by tremon on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:51PM (#30494177)

I'd point out Greece, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. I'm sure there's a no-true-scotsman argument to be had for each of them, but they're nominally considered democratic republics.

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