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It was a slur against collaborators with communism, not against social democrats: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/08/22/useful-idiot/ https://quoteinvestigat
by dash2 2y ago
It was a slur against collaborators with communism, not against social democrats: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/08/22/useful-idiot/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/08/22/useful-idiot/
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoThe slur was originally directed against social democrats by conservatives who accused them of helping communism. Later, the term became a much more general slur used by conservatives against anyone who wasn't sufficiently "tough" against the USSR.