Economics of Hypocrisy

in psychology •  7 years ago 

Much of world's economic conflicts did not happen due to conflicting political ideologies. Despite their apparent differences, deep down they were all the same. It was never about Capitalists or Socialists but about a divide that exists within each and every one of us.

We all want to help each other but look first for ourselves. Everyone should have enough to eat but rarely we think about the 16000 kids dying everyday from malnutrition. A $200 donation could improve greatly one's life, but we rather get that laptop memory upgrade instead. We all want to be treated equally but will do everything in our power to gain favoritism.

Evolution has safeguarded our species for in-group volatility. If a group becomes too equal, everything collapses because value is rendered meaningless. If inequality takes a similar fate follows. Human nature is the sum of all these perplexing and often conflicting states between the self and our groups. We can rarely distinguish one from the other because they are part of the same thing.

Group thinking fuels hypocrisy. Individuality goes out of the window when the group's interests are involved. Not only we don't get to self reflect on our our values but we tend to adopt to whatever idea is promoted. This is one of the reasons we see people in masks looting stores and then act perfectly normal in another social situation. Part of our hypocrisy is the ability we have to gain multiple personalities.

We are hypocrites because much like the markets, we have to adjust our value based on how everything moves around us. If there is injustice, we rush to balance things out. If we are living in good times, we might find ourselves abusing power.


If a coin drops value is because of some event or in relation to another coin's state. Same applies with humans. If someone is behaving in a certain way is due to factors that affect a specific behavior. We are not hypocrites by choice but rather as an aftermath of behavioral supply and demand.

Someone who is hungry will do anything really to get to some food. If someone is in great danger the self sacrificing mechanism takes over. One could save an old lady from a burning building and then steal from his best friend. This is who were are. We are neither good or bad but rather a cocktail of different states of being.

It is rare to examine each other objectively. This explains why almost everybody thinks highly of themselves, only blaming their bad character to unforeseen situations.


There is no hopeful ending for our humanity. We are who we are. Perhaps if we invest more in self-reflecting we can understand each other better. After all, our biggest battle, is against ourselves.





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The world is being ruled by three categories of people namely politicians, economics/businessmen and "religious leaders". It seems they are interconnected and therefore they influence one another. Something is not right some where and it has to do with the truth(hard truth).

The world is being ruled us. We vote for these guys. We torment ourselves.

That was a fun (in a bleak way ^_^) read. What I really enjoy is the fact that deep down it's about accepting who and what we are. Sort of like how in Sex At Dawn the author speaks at length about how humanity is programed for promiscuity (mixing partners no morality attached) from the way that we're designed to the way that we think and how infidelity remains a constant throughout the species.

They go on to posed the idea that infidelity shouldn't necessarily mean the end of a relationship, especially when assets and children are involved. Is the best thing to really end a marriage and break up a household for something as natural as wanting someone else and then connecting with them?

Similarly , with hypocrisy and economics, I think we feel a great deal of anxiety trying to hold ourselves to standards that are largely impossible to reach in all situations. The sad part is how much we'll hurt ourselves for falling short. Self compassion can go a long way for those falling off the hypocrisy wagon.

Similarly , with hypocrisy and economics, I think we feel a great deal of anxiety trying to hold ourselves to standards that are largely impossible to reach in all situations. The sad part is how much we'll hurt ourselves for falling short. Self compassion can go a long way for those falling off the hypocrisy wag

nailed it

Get everything out in the open, use systems that have integrity and change the way we educate children. How much of this hypocrisy and craziness is the result of bad programming?? The lies, the delusions, the inability to think critically....all this and more must have some fairly fundamental effects on how we behave as individuals and as part of a group. That and artificial competition and scarcity in a world of abundance.

Well said my friend

These are some wise points you have brought up, we are all blind to something in the end. Maslow's hierarchy of needs - is a good way to look at things, many people lack even the feeling of safety in their daily lifes.
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The pyramid is probably the best way we have to understand human priority, but I still feel it doesn't encompass behavior as well as it needs to in order to be a gold standard. Especially considering how we can so easily conflate, combine and completely overshadow these things. Plus not having things on the higher levels can kill us just as dead as the lower ones. I think Maslow needs to come out with a sphere of needs lol.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Human behaviour is more fluctuating than any crypto :D just like my neighbor who decided to start drilling 8:30 am, I tried to unrestand him but couldn't..

Lol you should start drilling at 6:30am tomorrow and teach him a lesson.

I might do that, just need to go buy a super noisy drill first ;)

Manslow's pyramid might have been relevant before. Not so much today. Read this:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/03/29/what-maslow-missed/#6506073661b5

That's true times are different, but they are still quite relevant, greed and needs go hand in hand.

they always do

hahah Spheres!

(There is no hopeful ending for our humanity. We are who we are. Perhaps if we invest more in self-reflecting we can understand each other better. After all, our biggest battle, is against ourselves.)

a wowwww Post..
Thanks

thank you

Let us gain insight into our psyche, and get to know the person we have become and never choose to be. Goodmorning to you too >_<

goodmorning Vietnam

Quality doom & gloom !

lol. not really

Well written ! Deffinitely intellectual evolved ! Don't stop !

i won't :)

ahh, the paradox we create for ourselves,
as always,well said dude

thank you man.

The thing is, if I were to donate $200 to someone on the other side of the world, how do I know it will get there? You can't even trust charities, human greed knows no bounds.

Use Steem :)

Someone once told me that the act of giving is separate from the act of receiving. That your desire and effort to give to others is what matters regardless of what happens next. Of course, there's also guys like James Altucher that find ways to give directly and anonymously to people in his community or that he reads about in the paper

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/04/10-reasons-why-i-would-never-donate-to-a-major-charity-or-how-to-be-a-superhero-part-2/

No doubt. But let's be honest. You wouldn't hand it to someone down the street either.

exactly,

even though you want to make some charity, its hard to find the true needy people now a days..

"Group thinking fuels hypocrisy" this right here is one of the most important things I've read all day. It's tough for people to believe this, but group think is dangerous.

Fantastic post!

thank you

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Wow great article as usual @kyriacos. I think most people are usually in different states of levels of hypocrisy meaning that they are not hypocrites all the time in all things. I do think a large portion of hypocrisy can potentially be mitigated if people were willing to place themselves in shoes of others or try to understand the viewpoints of other people. It is only through mutual understanding that we can potentially overcome these issues.

Indeed, we are all fluctuating in different states of hypocrisy and part of the reason is the different personalities we have to adopt.

We need a broad perspective of living if we are to escape this hyprocrisy.

We need to look at both sides of the coin instead of blindly following what everyone else is doing.

and this is a rather hard thing to follow through

It's actually super hard.

I try to always look at both sides of the coin before coming to a decision but I must admit even I sometimes fail to do so.

Well it's a daunting task, I think kyriacos would have to admit that he fails to do that sometimes too. And I have to admit the same thing. But I always wonder; Admit to who?

As long as theres hunger in the world... I won´t understand humanity.

Nice post, I couldn´t agree more!
Thanks for sharing

nicely put. thank you

Yes, I want more division from them :)
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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Feeling a little down tonight @kyriacos? I'm feeling a bit more optimistic myself. I believe we're at a time in human history in which we will soon emerge into a light that is more beautiful than even the most creative minds can imagine. Maybe it helps that I haven't been reading the news for the last 2 weeks and I've been spending all my time here on Steemit instead.

Not really, I had this thought while I was taking a walk in the park. I don't think it is pessimistic or optimistic. it just is

I believe we're at a time in human history in which we will soon emerge into a light that is more beautiful than even the most creative minds can imagine.

Thing is, every generation though of this :)

Many of them were right.

Many of them were wrong also.

meep

Interesting post and good information ... thanks @kyriacos

you are welcome

Its all about the self, the increasingly hidden and unknown self. Thank you.

Oh, and speaking of the dark things, the hidden and secret....

I presume... no photons?

indeed.

great article thanks for posting and feel free to checkout a few of mine at some point <3

thank you. I will

paradox of "us vs them" mentality. It is uniting and dividing at the same time.

and what helped us survive for so long.

we a need a positive mind to overcome this hypocrisy :)

you mean "rational"

That is so true that the biggest battle is within ourselves. Too many times we focus on other people and what's wrong with the world when in reality we need to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, what are we doing to stop it?

indeed

Wow I love your perspective on things, makes a lot of sense I like this way of thinking

thank you

Thank's for a great post, it gave me a few things to think on. I think if everyone check in with themselves and what they are doing and why they are doing it the world would be a better place. So as you said our biggest goal is ourselves and the key to winning that battle is to reflect often! Cheers, peace and love <3

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