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The Task of Other Useful
Innocents
Other useful
innocents developed distinctive tactics.
These others
were likewise not supposed to praise communism openly. Their essential task was
to fan the leftist sympathies of all those who were not yet communists,
consequently leading them to collaborate, even if only in part, with the
Communist party of their country. In Latin America, for example, among a group
of ranchers who only weakly opposed land reform, this type of useful innocent
would merely bemoan the low productivity of some latifundium, leading those who
agree with him to actively oppose its existence. In other words, he engages
them in pro‑land reform activities that at least partially implement the
plan of total land reform envisioned by communism.
Thus, the communists and
useful innocents would begin forming a united front for a moderate land
reform.
But this was only the first stage.
In this
"moderate" group, the same useful innocent would stimulate some to
favor a confiscatory division of medium‑size properties, not just those
of the latifundia. This was an implicit invitation‑once the desired
result was achieved‑for all the leftists to advance with him in a united
front to the next stage: the confiscatory reform of all rural land holdings,
whether large or small.
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