The Hypocrisy that is dealing with humans

Hey Jessiah

Let me start by asking you a few questions. When was the last time you were wrong? How often do you admit it? How conscious are you of your own biases? Do you evaluate and change your behaviour? Do you try to remain consistent on your defined important values?

Many would say yes, even when they don't because well we humans can convince ourselves of everything. So many people think their point of view is the most absolute and the only correct way to view the world we live in.

I too once thought like that and I do fall into that comfortable complacency but I try to check myself before wrecking myself.

Since then I've quickly realised that nobody wants my opinion, my opinion hardly ever echos the preconceived ideas of others and normally challenges beliefs which is why it's unwanted so I keep it to myself.

Human interaction is all about being a cheerleader and echoing the ideas of others and society, lets group feel, groupthink and group act. But at the same time let me hold up the badge of being unique and I value my freedoms.

Being unique and valuing freedom comes at a price. A price very few, are willing to pay.

The hypocritical oath

Humans are dynamic thinkers, our higher consciousness allows us to consistently take information in and revaluate our views and beliefs and help us grow as a person.

That's great, we all are forever learning, some choose to reject the opportunity to learn and feel they have enough information to make every conclusion in life up until their final hours. What does tend to get to me though are people issuing out double standards and pleading ignorance for it?

I see it daily with people I interact with, I watch how people treat one another like they wouldn't want to be treated. I see people playing favourites, I see meritocracy, morals, values and virtues dropped at the slightest moment at the person's discretion.

I see all of this and I see how they validate their decisions to do so, everyone is right, remember? But everyone is indeed a hypocrite. It's a funny thing to say but its true.

The word hypocrite is not taken lightly, have you ever called someone out for being one? They would deny it and be shocked you'd question their morality like that.

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Dunning-Kruger Effect

This is a concept I've written about in the past. So I'll summarise by saying this. It's the effect that you're too much of a dumbass to realise you're a dumbass.

I think this is true for all of us in a sense, some just embrace it more than others I suppose. Why I bring it up is because I think its the same for values and virtues.

People have none so they cannot keep any, they pretend to hold onto some for the sake of appearances and acceptance but when these are called into question, they fold at a moments notice.

Sheeple are those who have an exoskeleton, they have no backbone and are too afraid to be crushed under pressure to find out how much pressure they can take. If thats you, admit it, own up to it, but don't prance around here like you're on this moral high ground when people have your back or you're not questioned about it.

Do as you please, but please leave me out of it

I by no means expect people to be consistent at one thing all the time but I do expect people to have some sort of backbone and values that are unbreakable and they hold onto regardless of the losses they incur, this is how values are made valuable.

Every day I see people toss their values aside and engage in what in my opinion are flagrant acts of hypocrisy that I could never forgive. I simply cannot stand it, it is my pet peeve. Its the number 1 way I will lose all respect for a person and the main criteria of how I judge those I interact with and retain in my life.

I'm not shy about it or feel bad about it, there are 7 Billion of you to deal with, can't win em all.

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