We Have Been Subverted
What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly? Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life.
What does it mean?
1. Ayaan Hirsi Ali: We Have Been Subverted / April 6, 2024: https://www.thefp.com/p/ayaan-hirsi-ali-we-have-been-subverted
Key quote:
Bezmenov had been a KGB agent promoting foreign subversion when he grew disillusioned with the Soviet system. In 1970, he defected to the West—to Greece, then Canada. The rest of his life was dedicated to exposing the secret Soviet apparatus of subversion in the West.
Living in the West in 1983, Bezmenov gave a lecture in which he explained “Psychological Warfare, Subversion, and the Control of Society.” It begins:
Subversion refers to a process by which the values and principles of an established system are contradicted or reversed in an attempt to sabotage the existing social order and its structures of power, authority, tradition, hierarchy, and social norms. It involves a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system, often carried out by persons working secretly from within. Subversion is used as a tool to achieve political goals because it generally carries less risk, cost, and difficulty as opposed to open belligerency. The act of subversion can lead to the destruction or damage of an established system or government. In the context of ideological subversion, subversion aims to gradually change the perception and values of a society, ultimately leading to the undermining of its existing systems and beliefs.
2. Geoff Russ: Russia probably sent this woman to decolonize your mind / Dec. 10, 2024: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/geoff-russ-russia-probably-sent-this-woman-to-decolonize-your-mind
Key quote:
One of the least surprising things about the “decolonization” movement in the West is how beloved it is among operatives and politicians of China and Russia. Since the Soviet era, totalitarian states have used propaganda campaigns to zero in on the historical mistreatment of Indigenous people and minorities across North America in an effort to demoralize their rivals in the West.
Exploiting this modern discourse is another way to undermine geopolitical rivals like Canada at a time when we most need unity.
Under decolonial doctrine, Canada’s moral foundations can be attacked as rooted purely in the evils of imperialism and racial injustice. Twinned with decolonization is the moral panic about white supremacy lurking in the shadows of everything under the sun, whether it be education, public parks, or the legal system.
3. FIRST READING: Education is white supremacy, Toronto teachers told in official guidebook / Feb. 22, 2024: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/education-is-white-supremacy-toronto-teachers-told-in-official-guidebook
Key quote:
Teachers are told that they serve an educational system “inherently designed for the benefit of the dominant culture” and that the very act of education is “a colonial structure that centre’s whiteness.”
“Therefore it must be actively decolonized,” the guide says.
4. Conclusion
In the first article, we see a framework for subversion which the Soviets used against us during the Cold War. In the second article, we see an alleged Russian operative here in Canada following the Soviet playbook, pushing the “decolonization” narrative. And, in the third, we see the “decolonization” narrative being a part of the school curriculum for 20,000 Toronto public school teachers.
