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		yaix on Feb 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: V for Vendetta and the Rise of Anonymous - by Alan... "Cynic" is what the idealist calls the realist.

rhizome on Feb 10, 2012 [–]

The capacity for accurate observation is often called, "cynicism" by those who haven't got it.

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