What is Hypocracy?
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What Democracy turns into when all of the politicians in your country are liars.
When no party/President that wins the election manages to keep its/his own ideology, and instead, keeps changing it every time it/he feels like it, that's no democracy. That's hypocracy.
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A democracy governed by hypocrites.
The British government advocates moral standards to which it does not conform. Britain's political system is therefore a hypocracy.
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Demanding that others live up to standards that you will not live up to.
Railing against a law or situation that has brought you many personal benefits.
Senaturd Kennedy's car has killed more people than all my guns. Senaturd Kennedy rails against guns, but not cars. That's hypocracy.
Senaturd Kennedy inherited a vast fortune that had been shielded from inheritance taxes. Senaturd Kennedy wants high inheritance taxes. That's hypocracy.
Senaturd Clinton says she will take things from you in the name of the public good. But she will not yield her money or her possessions in the name of the public good. That's hypocracy.
Speaker Nancy Pelousy says unions are good, unions are great, unions are wonderful. But she will not allow union members to work in her restaurant or her winery. That's hypocracy.
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