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>I don't think it's particularly hypocritical. Feeling the need to write such an article already shows that there is an unresolved difference between action an

>I don't think it's particularly hypocritical. Feeling the need to write such an article already shows that there is an unresolved difference between action and beliefs. I am not saying that someone's personal beliefs and occupation can't coincide. But the author, who views even Amazon as an obvious evil, is at total odds with basically all capitalist production.

meheleventyone 2y ago
An unresolved difference between action and belief isn't in itself hypocritical though. In fact the whole part of the article about dealing with rationalizations is basically an attempt to avoid being hypocritical by facing that conflict. Someone can be at odds with capitalist production but still have to live within that system.
- constantcrying 2y ago
  >An unresolved difference between action and belief isn't in itself hypocritical though. What? That is pretty much the definition of hypocrisy. >In fact the whole part of the article about dealing with rationalizations is basically an attempt to avoid being hypocritical by facing that conflict. Yes, but that attempt is a total failure and the author remains in a state of hypocrisy. >Someone can be at odds with capitalist production but still have to live within that system. Sure, but if he spends most of his working time supporting the power of capitalist production, but then bemoans how that is okay actually instead of challenging himself to find an alternative, that person is a hypocrite.
  - meheleventyone 2y ago
    You're maybe thinking of cognitive dissonance rather than hypocrisy? The latter is pretending to be better than you are or acting differently to how you say you will. If you acknowledge that you're doing something that goes against your principles you are not pretending to anything or acting differently to how you say you will then the charge of hypocrisy doesn't fit.

meheleventyone 2y ago

An unresolved difference between action and belief isn't in itself hypocritical though. In fact the whole part of the article about dealing with rationalizations is basically an attempt to avoid being hypocritical by facing that conflict. Someone can be at odds with capitalist production but still have to live within that system.

constantcrying 2y ago
>An unresolved difference between action and belief isn't in itself hypocritical though. What? That is pretty much the definition of hypocrisy. >In fact the whole part of the article about dealing with rationalizations is basically an attempt to avoid being hypocritical by facing that conflict. Yes, but that attempt is a total failure and the author remains in a state of hypocrisy. >Someone can be at odds with capitalist production but still have to live within that system. Sure, but if he spends most of his working time supporting the power of capitalist production, but then bemoans how that is okay actually instead of challenging himself to find an alternative, that person is a hypocrite.
- meheleventyone 2y ago
  You're maybe thinking of cognitive dissonance rather than hypocrisy? The latter is pretending to be better than you are or acting differently to how you say you will. If you acknowledge that you're doing something that goes against your principles you are not pretending to anything or acting differently to how you say you will then the charge of hypocrisy doesn't fit.