Little hawk..The rightists dont need to behave in a hypocritical fashion,Their dogma is basically "the law of the jungle" and the validity of that can never be refuted, regardless of what we think of it ethically.
The leftist, on the other hand, is never done examining his theories for a better world,but all these theories involve the sacrifice of self ,in the interests of others to some extent.This is a severe problem for the leftist ,as it has been shown time and again that people in general want to be further up the materialist ladder than their neighbours,and this leads to hypocritical actions.
At this stage in my life,(having been a communist for most of it) I see no realistic alternative to the right ,and I include the Blair govt in that.
My thoughts are now turning to something more spiritual (not religion)
I feel that the socialists continued opposition to the right,simply stops opponents looking at the problem in a new way...Ake