The political profile of a faux-altruist doesn't matter if faux-altruism is practiced by almost everyone. "No ethical consumption in capitalism" is bandied by e

The political profile of a faux-altruist doesn't matter if faux-altruism is practiced by almost everyone. "No ethical consumption in capitalism" is bandied by every champagne socialist who wants to justify their own participation, even flourishing, in an economic system they claim is bad for everyone else. Many of the politicians who claim to fight for all, regardless of party affiliation, kowtow to specific interest groups in order to ensure their hold on power, whether its last century's Tammany Hall or this century's fuzzily-delineated affinity groups. Hypocrisy cuts in a multitude of ways.