Why do some people so revile our passive feelings, and so venerate hypocrisy?
Because it helps coerce others into doing things that benefit us and reduces how much force is exercised upon us while trading off the minimal amount of altruistic action necessary. There wouldn't (usually) be much point having altruistic principles and publicly reviling them.
That's quite a theory. It's like the old fashioned elitist theory that hypocrisy is necessary to keep the hoi polloi in line, except apparently applied to everyone.
Or not? Do you think you are made more useful to yourself and others by reviling your feelings and being hypocritical about your values?
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