The etymology of the term is not the same as the etymology of the idea. The idea goes back at least centuries, if not millennia. That popularized term was coine

The etymology of the term is not the same as the etymology of the idea. The idea goes back at least centuries, if not millennia. That popularized term was coined in a work satirizing the idea, doesn't intrinsically make the idea satirical or a bad idea always deserving of satire.