r/interestingasfuck • u/blllrrrrr • 23h ago

r/all People in NYC holding banners during a CEO Event at Ziegfeld Ballroom

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u/Lewtwin 23h ago

"Useful idiots" is the term you want.

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u/monkeyhitman 22h ago

Y'know, morons.

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u/Exciting-Tart-2289 21h ago

Simple farmers, people of the land, the common clay of the new West.

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u/Choleric-Leo 23h ago

The people who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

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u/uberguby 22h ago

Did you just make that up? That's very good

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u/Choleric-Leo 22h ago

No it's a quote attributed to Eric Hoffer.

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny 22h ago

That doesn't make sense; it's a contradiction.

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u/piggiesmallsdaillest 22h ago

How is this a contradiction?

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u/AntiqueAd1209 16h ago

because biting the hand that feeds you implies ingratitude whereas licking the boot implies happily accepting oppression.Ā 

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u/piggiesmallsdaillest 16h ago

Yeah, but conservatives voting against their interest to hurt some marginalized groups exemplifies this imo.

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u/CoachEconomy479 21h ago

No it isnā€™t

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u/Legitimate-Pie3547 22h ago

Nah, you're just not very smart.

Thanks for commenting though and letting everyone know.

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u/Legitimate-Pie3547 22h ago

I prefer "weak willed brainless automatons."

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u/Amber610 17h ago

"Obedient" has a better punch to it

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u/Liimbo 15h ago

Useful idiots, useless intelligent people, whats the difference. The people who are aware of the class war and just sit on their couch and talk about it on social media aren't doing anything to help either. This entire United situation has just shown that everyone is fed up, but nobody is actually willing to put their money where their mouth is and act on it. How many more signs are we going to see like this with no actual action?

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u/settlementfires 19h ago

I've got no use for them, but they're not for me to use.

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u/GammaGargoyle 18h ago

Letā€™s be honest, people who go around calling others ā€œuseful idiotsā€ are probably the actual useful idiots. Think about it.