Tuesday Trivia | Idealists and Realists

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Today's trivia theme comes to us from /u/subs-man!

Today is a theme of contrasts! Please share examples of either idealists, people (or movements) who had big ideas who were "ahead of their time", or realists, people (or movements) who were right on time in their time, spitting hot truths at the population.

Next week on Tuesday Trivia: /r/TIFU invades, share your favorite "I made a huge mistake" moments in history!

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Here's a question - was Machiavelli an idealist or a realist? Did monarchs of his time take up his advice? If so, did it work, or did his advice come off as foolish rhetoric?