Originally Posted by shreddoggie ➡️

There is a mistaken notion, fairly common I am sorry to say, that ones observations about what is, and their thoughts about what might be ideal, need to align exactly with their behavior or there is something wrong. This is in fact a logical fallacy.

One may live under an oppressive privacy invading police state, be opposed to it, but still behave in a way consistent with self preservation without being a hypocrite. Is such a person obligated to risk their life in active continuous resistance to the detriment of those they love and those who depend upon them or be judged as hypocritical in their belief that the oppressive police state is less than ideal? A child might argue such, but an adult recognizes realities and their complexities.

Such paradoxes define human existence - we all embody them in our every waking moment, and anyone with sufficient humble introspection should be able to easily recognize the places where pragmatism undermines ones ability to make all actions consistent with ones higher level observations about what may be a more ideal system. Any black and white litmus test is naive and childish.