No. We can assume that individual choice and responsibility and earnestly "pursue" enlightenment. Once "attained", and depending on the overall situation (see the paragraph below), we can then promote the idea and push against the general ignorance (the ancient concepts of bodhisattva, proclaiming and testifying to Gospel, etc. are exactly about that).

Eventually, self-realization becomes like walking -- it has to be learned, but we don't debate whether we should teach children to walk or not. Thus, if there's no serious health problem, each of us ends up as a bipedal unit. In such society, testimony and bodhisattvas are not needed because self-knowledge is common (sense).

So, I'm an optimist., because people cannot help themselves but search for self-realization and what it entails whether they are aware of that or not.