Stallman: If we don't fight surveillance, we lose our democracy:
There's a correct place very definitely for all-encompassing idealism. And there's a correct place for get-dirt-under-the-fingernails pragmatism.
It's incorrect, however, to describe a symbiotic relationship as parasitic because of an imbalance between idealism and pragmatism.
Very well said Kittypie070. You mentioned that you might be biased, that statement indicates otherwise. The fact that you're concerned with your own potential bias demonstrates character. Thank you for sharing those thoughts.