I understand what you're getting at, but I don't think "hypocrisy" is the right word in most cases -- that's a very strong charge. As I mentioned in another co

I understand what you're getting at, but I don't think "hypocrisy" is the right word in most cases -- that's a very strong charge. As I mentioned in another comment, some Silicon Valley leftists are not that interested in income inequality and are more interested in culture war stuff. In that case they're already not hypocritical for making a lot of money, even if other parts of the left think their priorities are misplaced. On the other hand, people who are especially concerned about income inequality might think that their preferred way to address it is by having the government increase the minimum wage and/or expand the welfare state. In that case they might be perfectly happy to earn a high income themselves while also trying to support politicians who want to do these things (say, like Bernie Sanders). This has also come up when critics of redistributive policies ask why proponents don't simply donate more of their own money to the government, to which the proponents will say that their priority is to change public policy (which might scale better than relying on individual decisionmaking). Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefigurative_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefigurative_politics In my view, people who don't prioritize or practice prefigurative politics aren't necessarily hypocritical.