#lesserevil — Public Fediverse posts
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Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
[Nunca se le ha de abrir la puerta al menor mal, que siempre vendrán tras él otros muchos, y mayores, en celada.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 31 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #avalanche #compromise #corruption #deathspiral #error #escalation #evil #infection #lesserevil
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#LesserEvil #Voting #Democrats #Bribery ( #Lobbying) #AIPAC We cannot afford to not #VoteBLUE. Unless a socialist 3rd party pulls ahead, the Dems are our only way to stop #MAGA. IF the socialist 3rd party pulls ahead, support THEM! Other than that, here's Abby.. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjvv...
“They’re Both Evil!” Abby Mart... -
A quotation from Abraham Lincoln
The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good. Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1848-06-20), “Internal Improvements,” US House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.More info about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7887…
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A quotation from George Orwell
We have become too civilised to grasp the obvious. For the truth is very simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. Those who take the sword perish by the sword, and those who don’t take the sword perish by smelly diseases.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 1, New Road (1943-06)More info about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/3043/
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
Moreover, if we look at the techniques of totalitarian government, it is obvious that the argument of “the lesser evil” — far from being raised only from the outside by those who do not belong to the ruling elite — is one of the mechanisms built into the machinery of terror and criminality. Acceptance of lesser evils is consciously used in conditioning the government officials as well
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener MagazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/arendt-hannah/45667/
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, thus the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. […] Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener MagazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/arendt-hannah/45553/
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
We have to call it “freedom”: who’d die for “a lesser tyranny”?
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 7 (1963)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/77…
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@bodhipaksa @briankrebs
Their Facebook, which was last updated in 2014 and was never used much, states they were at one time employed by LesserEvil: https://www.facebook.com/edward.coristineThey did work at LesserEvil in 2012, according to a now-deleted Facebook post: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/metro/doge-staff-northeastern-coristine/
Their father bought LesserEvil in 2011: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil-ceo-why-i-left-wall-street-for-a-failing-snack-company.html
It's possible he hired his son when he bought the company.Obviously, that does not mean the company or it's leadership supports them today.
Unless someone has actual evidence of their support, this is just speculation, and baseless speculation should not be enough to punish a company.
Sure, sometimes children share their parent's beliefs, but that should not be taken as an absolute. Parents certainly shouldn't automatically be held guilty of their child's crimes. -
Never had any #LESSEREVIL in my life, but now it will be a conscious and committed decision, a lifestyle decision. Avoiding shit made by shitty people and their feral children.
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I've been voting in presidential #elections since 1980. Lately, I realized how many times my vote required weighing of my choices based on serious analysis of policy differences between candidates:
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Yes, a big fat ZERO! Because GOP has always represented views so misaligned with my own. Granted, I'm farther #left than most, but what does that say about #duopoly system?
Only time I wasn't voting lesser evil in a general was Obama in 2008, but by 2012 I was disappointed.
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For all Americans that have or are getting ready to vote, don't forget ...
#trump #harris #uspol #lesserevil #vote #kamala2024 #genocide #israel #palestine #warcrimes
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Hitler was appointed to power by Hindenburg, the lesser evil candidate.
If you think that "harm reduction" or "lesser of two evils" voting stops fascism, you are ignoring history. History shows that voting has absolutely no impact on the ability of fascists to gain power.
Voting cannot and will not stop the continued rise of fascism. It will not pause it. It will not get rid of it. It has no impact.
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No one believes Cornel West will get elected, so it's obvious that voting for him is virtue signalling (tired-of-voting-for-lesser-evil). But a vote for West is a wasted opportunity to defend women from christo-fascists, and to defend the US from becoming a Russian satellite nation, making it more likely Trump is elected.
But hey, worth it if you can feel morally superior, right?
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The #VennDiagram of people who post that quote about a vote being like a chess move and people who urge simple voting strategies like #LesserEvil or #VoteBlueNoMatterWho is almost a perfect circle.
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Death From Above отримала кримськотатарську локалізацію https://itc.ua/ua/novini/death-from-above-otrymala-krymskotatarsku-lokalizatsiyu/ #Кримськотатарськалокалізація #Російсько-українськавійна #OctobearKnightGames #DeathFromAbove #RockodileGames #LesserEvil #Новини #Війна #Ігри
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#DRM #DigitalRestrictionsManagement breaks the world and thus breaks us.
All people wanna do the right thing but in a world where companies greed has poisoned everything, it's not possible to both be legit and keep your rights, unfortunately you gotta choose.
Choosing the #LesserEvil is probably the only sane way to go about living one's life.
If there's no good in the world at least choose the least evil.
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@barney @PythonLinks
What we’re saying is it’s damned we’ll time to break this false #Duopoly. It’s you that’s wasting your vote on a party that doesn’t give a shit about you.
#SuperDeligates
#RiggedPrimaries
#LesserEvil is still evil.https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/1668781531849199616?s=61&t=dqeSnDBW1HaCGkxVHthtxg