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I think your comment should be more strict: There isn't just room for both, it is a given that both ideals and pragmatism must exist and go hand in hand. Ideal

by gtsop 4y ago

I think your comment should be more strict: There isn't just room for both, it is a given that both ideals and pragmatism must exist and go hand in hand. Ideals are the compass, shows you the final destination, where you are going. Pragmatism is the next step towards ideals. It prevents you from being paralized when the ideals are very far away. Without ideals it would be as if you don't have a GPS on your car and roam around randomly. Without pragmatism it would be as if your car didn't have an engine. Yes, RMS is living a completely impractical and undoable life for the rest of the people, no matter what he says. Yes, RMS is right and he must exist to show us in which way we should work towards

bspammer 4y ago
This is a great comment, and (politics warning) also feels very similar to my opinion on the current leftist/liberal infighting in the Democratic Party. I think in almost all cases the leftists are right, but too often they have have no way to realise their ideals. The liberal platform is the only left-wing platform that can currently feasibly win an election in America. Maybe that will one day change, but I’ve seen too many on the left throw the baby out with the bathwater because they want their ideal society right now, and nothing else will suffice. At the same time, I’m grateful they continue to show us which way we should work towards.