The most powerful intelligence agency in history | Rick Spence and Lex Fridman

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Rick Spence is a historian specializing in the history of intelligence agencies, espionage, secret societies, conspiracies, the occult, and military history.

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*GUEST BIO:*
Rick Spence is a historian specializing in the history of intelligence agencies, espionage, secret societies, conspiracies, the occult, and military history.

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[christoforos]

You ever watch a cattle drive? The basic idea is you put a cowboy on the leftwing and a cowboy on the right. At the end of the day, them cows all end up in the same place regardless of which way they lean. A good way to control your opposition is to become your opposition. Play all sides, just like a rancher. Present the antithesis at the same time as your thesis in the form of theatrics to better steer the conversation in your favor. Just like the rancher steers the cattle with his cowboys. Human farming.

[eastafrika]

The KGB had so many sleeper agents living normal lives in America. The KGB made the CIA, MI6 and even Mossad sweat, they even helped Afrikan countries kick out the colonialists and trained the MK agsinst the Apartheid regime in South Afrika, the FSB is still good, they are here in Afrika making good friends

[Walter-gibz]

Whoever you are, you are very fortunate to have him as your history teacher.

[Adam-lzsr]

I literally couldn’t have found this video at a better time as I’m writing a 12 page essay on Russian intelligence

[MohammedKhaled-jugy]

I think the power of kgb was being human centric first and foremost. The Soviet Union was a multicultural society with people of many races. To control all these different cultures and people of different races the basic you need to get right is don’t be racist. They also managed to make friends with Arabs, Africans, south Asians, East Asians and work towards common goals by respecting mutual interests. That’s what made them strong vs other colonial and imperialist powers and their agencies which solely focused on self interest, not to mention looked down on other nations as less intelligent, uncultured, uncivilized etc.

[darkolach]

The most powerful agency in history, my opinion is Catholic church.

[JoeCryptola-bm]

Lex is KGB he grew up in it. That's why he always wears the suit that's all he's ever worn even when he was a baby, he might be a russian gmo human.

[ФедерацияСоветскойРоссии]

NKVD, KGB and FSB are a serious organization.

[rew]

As a Russian I enjoyed this piece of my own country's history. It is really close to what we study in school. Although the majority-minority part is not quiet right. Mensheviks(roughly coud be translated as minorities) were majority in the party and got their name bc of their programm called "Minimum", and Bolsheviks got the "Maximum" programm, so they got their "majorities" name, that should be better translated as "big"(changes)

[alondra]

“The men with dark suits and black/blue ties” -Putin

If you know you know.

[andreiobraztsov]

Through Russia the globalists were building a new world, and the Comintern was their network, Stalin spoilt the globalist cards and began to build socialism in a single country. It was a grandiose project, after Stalin did not leave his successor and the team that could go forward and carry out the necessary reforms, in addition, in a constant struggle with the ideological enemy it made the task more difficult. In any case, Russia became the originator of a new worldview and this experience enriches its possibilities

[JohnDoe-iqbz]

Why does the KGB stil have such an aura even after being defunct?

[ivanlecic]

Ladies and gentleman, the entire interview with this guy, you have had the PRIVILAGE to see how when you have a popular podcast you can sell any narrative that you want.

[GLbetaMax]

Yugoslavian UDBA was the most respected intelligence secret service. Even KGB was afraid of them

[antonius]

When the question had been, who is the best informed and intelligent diplomatic foreign agency, the answer would be the diplomatic service of the Vatican.

[Vanopitersky]

The power of kgb is that one never knows whether he is or isn’t a kgb agent. This to various degrees is true about any intelligence agency.

[TomEnleft]

For a second I genuinely thought Richard Dreyfus had found a new hobby.

[dragonsrsostupid]

I agree with Rick's assessment. From what I have read about Russian History, the Okhrana was the actual broker of power in Russia during the last two Czars. They were just a formalization of those who had always worked for the Romanovs. Watch the "Fall of Eagles" they have a good episode on the Okhrana.

[caloyssk]

"short gist clips" i think is more better than the full interview for me, coz listening long makes me sleep 😋 thanks sirs!