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old men can have little a idealism, as a treat.
Idealism doesn't mean having optimism or literal ideals, it's about believing ideas are before matter, such as believing in something supernatural as the explanation for material phenomena.
It is idealism, but on the other hand… He also did lead a successful revolution and then successfully defended that revolution for decades from the full might of the US empire, so I certainly don't think it would be blind idealism in his case.