• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      Idealism doesn’t mean having optimism or literal ideals, it’s about believing ideas are before matter, such as believing in something supernatural as the explanation for material phenomena.

    • Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      It is idealism, but on the other hand… He also did lead a successful revolution and then successfully defended that revolution for decades from the full might of the US empire, so I certainly don’t think it would be blind idealism in his case.