Idealism Debunker Mugs

"What's the matter honey - having the American Dream again?"

Child protects planet with umbrella.

Paul Ree

"If you could change just one thing about yourself, what would it be?" "I’d totally wish to have my brain put into a robot body." "That way I could live forever. Imagine living long enough to buy an iPhone 7000." "Wrong answer. An alpha male never lets on that he’s concerned about his mortality. Your answer should have been 'nothing.'" "The alpha male or female is not afraid of death, little buddy." "I think I’d rather wait for the 7000–S." "Stop it."

Public footpath on a desert island.

Citizen of the world.

"Me? I have a strong urge to devote my life to making the world a better place for all humanity."

'Idealist'

"We're still trying to sort out the details."

"I dreamed last night that I had a job within walking distance."

'No, please, go on. It's so refreshing to talk to someone with an entirely different point of view.'

"...I thought I was too smart, too idealistic to end up this way, but LOOK at me! I've become an entrenched bureaucrat!"

"When I grow up I'm going to become president and I'm going to abolish homework!"

"Students always think that they're going to change the world..."

"My primary challenge is to strip away the hardened carapace of societal expectations..."

"Let's run away and make a new life for ourselves filled with completely different problems."

A hippie saying "Peace"

'Cute girl from philosophy. . . BBQ at Dave's. I wonder if she's going?. . . Flat meeting to talk about me not doing my share.'

Non-profit organization chart

"The glass is half full."

"You denounce the scourge of American imperialism, reject the authority of the U.N. and the World Bank, and then a little joke."

Sad Statue of Liberty

Turkey missed the exit twice

Recycling: Hopes and Dreams

"I deal. Therefore I am an idealist."

Democrats: Dreaming of doing good works.

'I just can't keep on pretending that we've been living happily ever after!'

Freedom, equality, brotherhood

'I begged, I pleased with him. I told him he'd be wasting his life. Why would he want to open himself up to public vilification? A life of virtual poverty, of shattered dreams!'

Human right/left.

'Look - decide. Are you going to launch an attack on tradition, or make a few bob?'

'Bob, give it up. It's just crazy pipe dreams.'

Poor Man Who Thinks Big...