Useful Idiots

I often disagree with the Bovina Bloviator's churchmanship, but I am in hearty agreement of this analysis of the recent statements by the Archbishop of Canterbury:

The left has always been of two camps: the much smaller one containing the hard-core element who actually believe in, argue and work for the implementation of a Marxist-Leninist state and world government. Being an exceptionally unattractive lot, in the west they find refuge in the academy where their activities seem mainly to be forming "ad hoc coalitions" to promote "peace and justice" and slapping stickers on lamp posts advertising upcoming (and ill-attended) marches on Washington. But they can dream. In the west the hard left may appear harmless: they have no friends, are never invited to parties and must rely on others to further their agenda. Alas, however, the others are there, in quantity.

Those others, who vastly outnumber the hard left, are the more socially desirable sympathizers ("fellow travelers" in former days) found in the media, government, financial institutions and, of course, the church. Most sympathizers are not absolutely persuaded the efficacy, nor terribly knowledgeable the economy, of collectivism but kinda-sorta think it's the"fairest" way, thus are willing to embrace causes and actions that weaken and bring down existing western institutions; making it easier for the Marxists to fill the vacuum. The Soviets had an expression to describe these well-placed enablers: "useful idiots." Idiots they were, for they were the first to be liquidated once the Bolsheviks took over.