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   Lars Poulsen to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python)   
   26 Dec 25 19:39:23   
   
   From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 26/12/2025 03:20, c186282 wrote:   
   >>    Maybe old Will should have added 'intellectuals'   
   >>    along with 'lawyers' eh ?  :-)   
      
   On 2025-12-26, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   > IIRC it was Stalin who called them useful idiots and consigned them to   
   > the gulags once their usefulness expired...   
      
   That is an oft-reused playbook, also done by Mao Zedong and Pol Pot.   
      
   --   
   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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