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Useful idiot

In political jargon, a useful idiot is a term currently used to reference a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause—particularly a bad cause originating from a devious, ruthless source—without fully comprehending the cause's goals, and who is cynically being used by the cause's leaders. The term was used during the Cold War to describe non-communists regarded as susceptible to communist propaganda and manipulation. Conversely, it was then, and is used now to describe someone unwittingly doing the bidding of the CIA or US government.

False Attribution to Lenin:
The phrase useful idiot has often been attributed to Vladimir Lenin, but he is not documented as ever having used the phrase. In a 1987 article for The New York Times, American journalist William Safire investigated the origin of the term, commenting that a senior reference librarian at the Library of Congress had been unable to find the phrase in Lenin's works and concluding that in the absence of new evidence, the term could not be attributed to Lenin. Similarly, the Oxford English Dictionary in defining useful idiot says: "The phrase does not seem to reflect any expression used within the Soviet Union".

"Leftists" who do not believe in international solidarity, or promote elitism, are useful idiots for the CIA.

That guy is either a useful idiot or a spook, because he is sowing dissension in our ranks.

by Odz March 3, 2023

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Useful idiot

First used during world
War 2 to define the Nazi sympathizers. Now often used to describe the “
Woke “ generation who have no idea what they are talking about but are pro terrorist anyway.

The Pro Palestinian violence is perpetrated by the useful idiots

by Anti- terrorism January 31, 2024


Useful idiot

Often mistakenly attributed to Lenin, Stalin or Marx, the term was first used by US newspapers in 1948 and has little documented usage within the Soviet Union, meaning a third party who spreads propaganda or disinformation, usually unintentionally or without fully understanding the cause they're proselytizing for. Originally used during the cold war to refer to Western communist sympathisers, or those susceptible to communist propaganda, the term could be used today to refer to those spreading anti-vaccine misinformation echoed or amplified by Russian intelligence, or ,or Trump supporters acting on foreign-spread conspiracy theories about pizzas and child molesters. In any case, the person spreading the disinformation uses someone susceptable to the disinformation in order to spread it further

This useful idiot read online that Hilary Clinton is selling kids through this pizza place and now he's going down there to shoot it up.

by Dr MDrr February 22, 2021


an idiot sister

The definition of a bitch

Sibling1: *gets mad cause of something their sister said*

Sibling 1: *starts mocking her*
Sibling 2: she’s an idiot sister

by ..I_hate_school.. May 24, 2021


I’m an idiot

Do not talk to me

I’m an idiot. Gotta stand on the stage

by WorseThanHitler October 24, 2020


Village Idiot

Maureen from work.

Maureen you have a call on line 1, they are looking for their Village Idiot!!!!

by summer girl January 24, 2012


idiot farm

Pretty self explanatory as to what a modern American college has become, with its high cost and party expectation

Берем дуб, выпускаем липу is a perfect Russian translation of what an idiot farm is designed to do. The phrase literally means you "take an oak -дуб in russian- ( an oak in Russian is also a stupid individual ) and produce a linden tree- липу in Russian- (a linden in Russian is also called a fake intellectual)".

by Sexydimma October 3, 2024