What is your opinion about Communism?

[Edwardo Piet]

The whole point of "in theory" as opposed to "in practice" is that it doesn't need to "actually work" in practice. Jesus.

A good idea in theory isn't necessarily a good idea in practice . . .

The previous paragraph on your post actually made a lot of sense and I was going to kudos your post until I read this last line. Which prevents me from kudosing it because it might mislead people into actually thinking that I think that something not being a good idea in practice means it's not a good idea in theory when obviously I don't think that.

With regards to your first paragraph, I agree that democracy is so far the only form of government that has actually worked. And in fact I think this quote is very appropriate:



There are certainly HUGE flaws with democracy (as demonstrated by Brexit and Trump winning), but it's far better than every other form of government that has been tried so far.

I believe results are part of what makes something a good idea. If you go out drunk driving and crash,  you don't say it was a good idea in theory.

If something doesn't work again and again and again how is it a good idea in theory?

What you believe,  as always, remains a mystery,  since, as usual,  it comes with no explanation as to why something can be a good idea in theory but not in practice.  Par for the course for you though.  Maybe one day I'll be able to get actual reasoning out of you.

A good idea in theory is a good idea in theory.

Your example about drunk driving is terrible. That's obviously a bad idea in theory and in practice.

I don't need to give any examples of a good idea in theory because I know what "in theory" means. Jesus. If I could give examples that would be examples in practice because examples refer to things that have been tried in the real world! The whole point of 'in theory' is that the idea makes sense. It's good in practice when you try it out and it works. And there are many ideas that are fine in theory but fail in practice because when someone tries to apply them they misapply them. You may say "Well they didn't really apply it in practice then" but that's what in practice means, when you attempt something in theory by trying to practice it.