“Are ‘Idealists’ Better Than Everyone Else?”
In an ideal world? No.
In the real world? Also, no.
With all due respect, Jesus Christ, yes.
IMHO, other idealists who follow Him and His Word - not so much as “better” than us, but “good examples” might be more like it.
The others who proselytize just for politics or money (both?), not at all better than us. Just better B.S. ers
Hitler was an “idealist”. He was also a socialist, an animal rights advocate, a vegetarian, a teatotaller, an antichristian who espoused a preverse, self-serving form of Christianity, a non-smoker, a drug abuser, a hypochondriac, an avid of follower of unconventional medicine, childishly sentimental, a dilettante and a sexual deviant. He was enthralled by a superficial and superstitious naturalism. He was a technical illiterate fascinated by the fruits of technology he never really understood and upon which he made sweeping generalizations and pronouncements, while loathing and envying its creators. If he were alive today and living in Wisconsin, he’d be on the liberal arts faculty of a third rate community college and a Democratic Party activist.
An entrepreneur creates products (by benevolent or malevolent means) that are marvelous. When they have generated all of the money, things, safety and security they will ever need...what is the next thing that will “buzz” their brains?
CONTROL. More CONTROL. Put their progeny in CONTROL. No children? Put the like-minded in CONTROL. There is good and there is evil. Some evil can go anywhere, do anything. They are above any law. They buy any “lawmakers”. You decide who is right and who is wrong.
Are the products to enjoy? Are the products to CONTROL?
Were the products produced by fearful unhappy slaves or by happy “free” people?
To a degree, we are all Prisoners on the Planet.
H.L. Mencken: “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it.”