am i a hypocrite?

[Global_Justice]

to call myself a socialist even though i work for a large corporation? i won't say who, but i'm only a part time check out operator. i do try and help the customer to get the best deal possible, if i see someone stealing, i ignore it, i often "forget" to scan certain things and let customers through without paying for them or mark down things saying there broken when there not, and if a customer asks me about joining the store loyalty card thing i tell them not to as it's a big scam, obviously i'm not doing alot, but it's a start, right? :huh:

[Goatse]

Of course you're not. You're one of those being exploited and not the exploiter.

[LSD]

The scenario you outline is probably as far from hypocrisy as one can reasonably be.

The fact is, we all live in a capitalist society, and save those lucky or ruthless enough to be among the elite, we are all exploited by that society. Those of us who are forced to sell our labour, be it for large corporations or anyone else, are not "sell-outs" or "hypocrits", we are merely surviving.

Advocating liberation while practicing oppression is called hypocrisy; advocating liberation while being oppressed is called justice.

[commie anarchist rebel]

so if ure a high ranking government official and u advokate liberation then your a hipokrite but if ure say a casher at starbucks and u advocate liberation then your not a hypocrite?

[LSD]

Yes.

One who participates in the mechanisms of oppression and reaps the bennefits of the system while condemning said mechanisms and lambasting said system is a hypocrite by definition.

If you truly hate oppression, you cannot oppress!

[Storming Heaven]

You don't appear to be a hypocrite. What you appear to be is a 'white collar' worker (i.e. office worker) rather than the 'traditional' 'blue collar' (i.e. factory) variety. At the end of the day you're a worker because you contribute to production (albiet in a more abstract way than someone who works on the factory floor). Your place of work has nothing to do with it. Even managers, inasmuch as they manage firms rather than own them, are workers (although their actual position in the class conflict is a little more complex).