"= Origins and usage === 
 ""It is an opinionated term used entirely by left-wing bloggers to suggest that people who disagree are unrealistic.""  
 :That is incorrect. As can be seen in the encyclopaedia article, the phrase originated as a (kind-of-derogative) term to describe those not sharing the mindset of the unnamed bush aide. So as it was not ""left-wing bloggers"" but the bush-aide (who sadly remains unnamed), who forced the label ""unrealistic"" unto bush-supporters, to call it an opiniated term by left-wing bloggers is grossly misrepresenting reality. *fg* Ironically i could use the phrase at this very moment, but respectfully refrain from doing so. That ""left-wing bloggers"" took this term and now wear it with proud is only a sign of them not sharing the mindset of the unnamed bush aide; furthermore that they REJECT this idea of fluid reality.  
 :Even more, the notion of ""We're history's actors . . . and you [...] will just study what we do."" implies the ultimative superiority and invulnerability of US policy ""actors"", something that itself is not only incorrect, but dangerous, in parts even for those believing in it.  If i'm not mistaken, the terms for that are Delusions of Grandeur or Megalomania. So the whole last paragraph of the article was written without getting the irony of bush-policy-opponents using the term. And as Linas above points out quite well, american endogeneity is fading (if it ever existed) and history will soon be written by asian nations. but always remember: HISTORY IS BUNK!   

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