I suppose a defeatist might not drink coffee because it can be grown unsustainably and farmed with slave labor, while a pragmatist recognizes the merits of fair-trade and lives a java-full life.

And the "pragmatist" looks away to ignore the fate of slaves suffering by the hand of his neighbors.

You might not be familiar with the precepts of fair trade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade