Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case it is usually at the expense of others. In other words it is the opposite of idealism.

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Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the f

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be and how dangerous it is to trust them.

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The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

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