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Being hypocritical actually often means you are wrong... or more so that the listener is wrong in entertaining the hypocritical thoughts. That's because hypocrisy is often a form of manipulation. A method of distraction, pointing out one issue elsewhere so that the listeners look away. For the listeners, it means they might lose sight of the true opportunities, so it could be an opportunity cost loss. A good hypocritical manipulation would need to distract the listeners in a plausible way, so maybe there is a point..., but we'd be wrong to let ourselves be distracted by it. (Not saying this is the case here, just that maybe it is, I don't know)



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