useful idiot

derogatory term that originated in the Western bloc during the Cold War, referring to a person who, though not a spy, unwittingly promotes or defends the ideology or movements of enemy states such as those in the Eastern bloc
rdfs:label
"useful idiot"@en
skos:altLabel
"useful fool"@en
schema:description
"derogatory term that originated in the Western bloc during the Cold War, referring to a person who, though not a spy, unwittingly promotes or defends the ideology or movements of enemy states such as those in the Eastern bloc"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-11-03T11:20:27+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
schema:version 2564296352
wikibase:identifiers 2
wikibase:sitelinks 33
wikibase:statements 4
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p:P31 wd:statement/Q585700-8772fbe2-479c-4b72-12e0-ed159b84c3bd
p:P646 wd:statement/Q585700-18FAC944-22E8-4187-8504-4CB63F556ACF
p:P8885 wd:statement/Q585700-3f1a69ce-4933-fefa-b904-15dfc2d5134b
wdt:P279 person
wdt:P31 political term
wdt:P646 "/m/03jknw"
wdt:P8885 "쓸모 있는 바보들"
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