05-09-2013, 06:41 PM
Isn't there a CIA document somewhere delineating some of the psychological warfare used against the public, activists, etc.? I have in mind things like convincing people that the regime is incompetent, so-called limited hangouts, personal slanders, starting rumors, etc. etc.
I have an opportunity to talk to a leftist friend of mine who is at least open to a discussion of JFK and an assassination conspiracy, unlike most of them who evidently hate JFK more than say Kissinger, Pinochet, Casey, Raygun, Bushes, neocons, et al. I'm sure you know what I mean: they can talk calmly and dispassionately about such miserable criminals, analyze their policies, etc. Mention Kennedy and they lose control of themselves.
Step one is to show him that much of what he thinks about "the ruling class" is a) obsolete and b) false (as in manipulated). So many "Marxists" are rigidly stuck in terms and categories of a long-past era. Michael Parenti is a refreshing exception. (Lenin coined the term "Old Bolsheviks" in 1917. It was not a compliment. He was referring to members of his own party who could not adapt and adjust to new circumstances and conditions. They repeated the old formulas and tactics from a dozen years earlier, not recognizing the present situation was entirely new.)
Anyhoo....I have a chance to poke through the bubble of my friend's assumptions and I'd like to start by showing him how much his views, radical as he may think they are, have actually been spoon-fed to him by his worst enemy. I'm pretty sure I've seen some document of this kind but I can't find it at present.
Any suggestions?
I have an opportunity to talk to a leftist friend of mine who is at least open to a discussion of JFK and an assassination conspiracy, unlike most of them who evidently hate JFK more than say Kissinger, Pinochet, Casey, Raygun, Bushes, neocons, et al. I'm sure you know what I mean: they can talk calmly and dispassionately about such miserable criminals, analyze their policies, etc. Mention Kennedy and they lose control of themselves.
Step one is to show him that much of what he thinks about "the ruling class" is a) obsolete and b) false (as in manipulated). So many "Marxists" are rigidly stuck in terms and categories of a long-past era. Michael Parenti is a refreshing exception. (Lenin coined the term "Old Bolsheviks" in 1917. It was not a compliment. He was referring to members of his own party who could not adapt and adjust to new circumstances and conditions. They repeated the old formulas and tactics from a dozen years earlier, not recognizing the present situation was entirely new.)
Anyhoo....I have a chance to poke through the bubble of my friend's assumptions and I'd like to start by showing him how much his views, radical as he may think they are, have actually been spoon-fed to him by his worst enemy. I'm pretty sure I've seen some document of this kind but I can't find it at present.
Any suggestions?