Useless Idiots

by Thomas Reiner, Quartz Mountain Commentary, ©2026

(Jul. 17, 2026) — According to Wiki: “A ‘useful idiot’ is a political term for a naïve or credulous person who is manipulated into supporting a political cause, agenda, or regime without fully understanding its true goals or the negative consequences of their actions.” Well stated and we’ll get to “useless idiots” later.

America has a generation educated by achievement-starved educators who have created mush minds by inculcating “America and Capitalism is evil.” The students are coming off the assembly line bleating “Four legs goood, two legs baad” instead of learning lessons from history books. This “Socialism is Good” thing is utter hogwash and it never works until it is too late to flush it down the toilet. It always leads to tyranny. 

The French Revolution started with the “Let’s eat cake!” mob in 1789 until the 1793 Reign of Terror lopped off useful idiots’ heads. The end result was Emperor Napoleon who really demolished France and most of Europe. Similar Socialism Communism results have occurred in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and Venezuela. It always ends with a Big Guy assuming dictatorial powers while stealing everything in sight while eyeballing the useful idiots who helped them into power. “Useful” get promoted to “Useless” in the gulags, prisons, concentration camps, firing squads or perpetual living in squalor. So it too shall be in America if the “Vote for me and I’ll set you free” Democratic Socialists of America Party (DSA) assumes power by metastasizing into the Democratic Party.

Socialism Communism doesn’t work because human nature is foible. The unstated principle is: “I have little or no incentive to work because the State will take stuff from people who have stuff and will give that stuff to me for free. Eventually no one has any stuff. Oops, too late to fix it because the new Big Guy has confiscated our guns and I am now a useless drag on the State.” Socialism Communism has impoverished or murdered more people in the history of the world than any other form of government in the history of the world.

American Capitalism is the opposite and follows the “pursuit of happiness” thing. Its unstated principle is: “I will work my tailfeathers off to make my life better for me and my loved ones. If a city is too expensive, then I have the freedom to move to where economic opportunity awaits. Those with the best ideas and initiative to pursue them by making superior goods or services through competition have a chance for great rewards.” One is a useful person rather than a useful idiot. Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other system in the history of the world.

The DSA has stated its desire to abolish the Senate as well as the Executive and Judicial branches of the American government. Congress would be transformed into a mirror of the 1793 French Committee of Public Safety which kept the guillotine blades sharpened. There are only three ways the DSA’s goals can be achieved: Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Convention, or by armed revolution. The first two are unlikely. If the third way is achieved, the squinty stare of Stalin will immediately focus on the pink-haired Karens and eliminate them due to the endemic paranoia of totalitarian states.

The Democratic Party is on the verge of annihilation if current trends continue. The Party of JFK is long dead and now stands for “Just For Kicks” preying on the vanity of humans. The current leadership is terrified of the DSA as they realize they are headed for extinction. It is time for Democrats who believe in the ideals of America to leave the party.

The best hope for America is to restore education to the 3Rs which doesn’t include Rioting, Revolt and Reparations. The Republican Party stands tall in promoting American ideals and will welcome Democrats who will soon be forced to flee from their failing party. Join us and become useful citizens rather than future useless idiots.