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Idealist: "the free market is perfect!" Realist: "the free market has flaws, which can be addressed by..." Replace "free market" with anything you like

• meiraleal 2y ago
  The realist might be an idealist that is seeing inexistent flaws tho
  • hiatus 2y ago
    Then that's not a realist, by definition. > accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly. or > representing a person or thing in a way that is accurate and true to life.
    • meiraleal 2y ago
      That's the point, a wrong realist.
  • TeMPOraL 2y ago
    They most likely aren't idealist, as that isn't a requirement. Anyone who's smarter than a potato can notice some of the more glaring failures (even if they don't understand the mechanism behind it).
  • sdwr 2y ago
    Very true. The definition of realist has flaws...