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Sure, call it "reasonable hypocrisy", so long as we don't castigate people doing it.

How about wanting to legally abolish tips, because it's unfair and leads to subminimum wages for workers? Must you refuse to tip a waiter, lest you be called a hypocrite?

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> because it's unfair and leads to subminimum wages for workers?

That’s generally not really true though? Especially in many states like CA, NY etc. where there is (almost) no tipped minimum wage.

Anyway, sounds like a hypocritical position because in general consumers would benefit more from abolishing tips than waiters/other tipped workers.

This is a strawman. OPs example was someone who held a belief that it isn't beneficial to the worker.

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