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- Better_red_than_dead abstract ""Better red than dead" and "better dead than red" were dueling Cold War slogans which first gained currency in the United Kingdom and the United States during the late 1950s, amid debates about anti-communism and nuclear disarmament (red being the emblematic color of communism).The first phrase, "better red than dead", is often credited to British philosopher Bertrand Russell, but in his 1961 Has Man a Future? he attributes it to "West German friends of peace." In any event, Russell agreed with the sentiment, having written in 1958 that if "no alternative remains except communist domination of the human race, the former alternative is the lesser of two evils," and the slogan was adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which he helped found.The first known English-language use of either term came in 1930, long before their widespread popularity. In an editorial criticizing John E. Edgerton, a Tennessee businessman who had mandated morning prayers in his factories to help keep out "dangerous ideas," The Nation sarcastically wrote: "It is high time in any case that the workers learned to live by faith, not work. As for those weaklings who may fall by the wayside and starve to death, let the country bury them under the epitaph: Better Dead than Red." The first known use of "better red than dead" came in August 1958, when The Oakland Tribune wrote: "The popular phrase ‘better red than dead’ has lost what appeal it ever had."With the end of the Cold War, the phrases have increasingly been repurposed as their original meanings have waned; for example, "better dead than red" is sometimes used as a schoolyard taunt aimed at redhaired children.The German lieber tot als rot ("better dead than red") was used as a slogan by Nazi Germany. It is unclear whether it was the inspiration for either of the English phrases. The opposite slogan, lieber rot als tot ("better red than dead"), was popular among German speakers during the Cold War as well.".
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- Better_red_than_dead subject Category:Anti-communism.
- Better_red_than_dead subject Category:Communism.
- Better_red_than_dead subject Category:Political_slogans.
- Better_red_than_dead comment ""Better red than dead" and "better dead than red" were dueling Cold War slogans which first gained currency in the United Kingdom and the United States during the late 1950s, amid debates about anti-communism and nuclear disarmament (red being the emblematic color of communism).The first phrase, "better red than dead", is often credited to British philosopher Bertrand Russell, but in his 1961 Has Man a Future? he attributes it to "West German friends of peace." In any event, Russell agreed with the sentiment, having written in 1958 that if "no alternative remains except communist domination of the human race, the former alternative is the lesser of two evils," and the slogan was adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which he helped found.The first known English-language use of either term came in 1930, long before their widespread popularity. ".
- Better_red_than_dead label "Better red than dead".
- Better_red_than_dead label "Lieber tot als rot".
- Better_red_than_dead label "Liever dood dan rood".
- Better_red_than_dead label "Plutôt mort que rouge".
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- Better_red_than_dead sameAs Lieber_tot_als_rot.
- Better_red_than_dead sameAs Plutôt_mort_que_rouge.
- Better_red_than_dead sameAs Liever_dood_dan_rood.
- Better_red_than_dead sameAs m.03vs0l.
- Better_red_than_dead sameAs Q1431571.
- Better_red_than_dead sameAs Q1431571.
- Better_red_than_dead wasDerivedFrom Better_red_than_dead?oldid=606421430.
- Better_red_than_dead isPrimaryTopicOf Better_red_than_dead.