What’s “Drink the Kool-Aid” mean?

“Drinking the Kool-Aid” means blindly accepting something, often used in American corporate culture and politics. Its origin may be from the Kool-Aid Acid Tests or the Jonestown massacre. It implies faith in a leader and recklessness, and is often discouraged in favor of critical thinking. The term “drinking the Kool-Aid” is used to describe blind […]

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