The Open Society and One of Its Friends
In April 2009, I attended a presentation by former KGB agent Boris Yuzhin.
As he told it, trained in computer architecture, he was recruited by the KGB to come to America and find others to work for the USSR. The KGB heard that there were a lot of "communists" at Berkeley, so they sent him there. Not only did none of the comrades want to talk to him, when they did, it was a debate -- and he lost. He could not win a debate on Marxism because in the USSR they could not read all of the theoretical works which we in the USA can. So, he got a carrel at the library and began studying Marxism -- in the USA. That convinced him of the strength of an open society. He defected to our side.
As he told it, trained in computer architecture, he was recruited by the KGB to come to America and find others to work for the USSR. The KGB heard that there were a lot of "communists" at Berkeley, so they sent him there. Not only did none of the comrades want to talk to him, when they did, it was a debate -- and he lost. He could not win a debate on Marxism because in the USSR they could not read all of the theoretical works which we in the USA can. So, he got a carrel at the library and began studying Marxism -- in the USA. That convinced him of the strength of an open society. He defected to our side.
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- 1Posted by lrbeggs 12 years, 3 months agoSo interesting. I did not know the driver of his defection.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
