Useful Idiots The phrase useful idiots, supposedly Lenin’s, refers to Westerners duped into saying good things about bad regimes. In political jargon it was used to describe Soviet sympathizers in Western countries and the attitude of the Soviet government towards them. Useful idiots, in a broader sense, refers to Western journalists, travelers and intellectuals who gave their blessing – often with evangelistic flavor – to tyrannies and tyrants, thereby convincing politicians and public that utopias rather than Baleens thrived.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:57:39 +0000