Whether you admit it or not, everyone is a realistic person.
Otherwise, why would you yearn for a better place, a better job, more income, a bigger house, a freer life?
Those who can naturally say that they don't care, that they just like staying in our little place, it's quite good, very satisfying, are usually the Brahmins who control resources in a certain area.
The majority of others are just looking for excuses for their own incompetence and laziness.