#lesseroftwoevils — Public Fediverse posts

#democraticsocialism #lesseroftwoevils #socialsecurity #familyandmedicalleaveact #medicare #medicaid #CivilRightsActOf1960 #votingrightsact #minimumwage #overtimepay #chip #CivilRightsActOf1960 #affordablecareact #votingrightsact #violenceagainstwomenact #overtimepay #lillyledbetterfairpayact #unemploymentinsurance #inflationreductionact #peacecorps #RepectForMarriageAct #gibill #pactactforveterans #anticapitalism #antifascism

#FuckICE #AbolishICE #EndICE #StopICE #StopFascism #MAGA #DueProcess #MassDeportation #Immigration #greencard #Trump #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #LesserOfTwoEvils

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 Magazine

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/arendt-hannah/45667/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #suborning #acceptance #authoritarianism #compromise #conditioning #evil #government #lesserevil #lesseroftwoevils #propaganda #totalitarianism

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 Magazine

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/arendt-hannah/45553/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #binary #brightline #choice #evil #goodandevil #lesserevil #lesseroftwoevils #morality #necessaryevil #rationalization #selfjustification

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…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fighting #freedom #lesserevil #lesseroftwoevils #liberty #sacrifice #tyranny

I know it's just one corporate platform versus another, both hosted by legitimately yucky companies, but my job just switched to MS office from Google suite after 11 years. I used MS for several years at a previous job. I have a sense of relief. I never liked managing email, especially, with google. I never got to where I felt I could easily see what emails I had received in any organized way that worked for me.

Of course, I'd prefer not to be sunk into the AI/antiprivacy/educorporate swamp, but if I don't have a choice (I don't), MS feels like an improvement.

#google #microsoft #office #educorporate #privacy #lesserOfTwoEvils

@DWTSquawk7600 @chris Without #RankedChoiceVoting/#InstantRunoffVoting, we will return to this same "win at the ballot box" by voting for the "#LesserOfTwoEvils" reality. Let's end that and restore #democracy. https://bit.ly/RCVProCon

@3dpprofessor You won't get an argument from me on that.
My understanding is that it was a deliberate design decision to limit full search in order to prevent stalking and bullying. eg. Searching for everyone that mentions "Creality" and then harassing them for being "shills."

Due to that decision - hash tag following and hash tag searches are what we have here. :)

#lesserOfTwoEvils

#AndItAllowsyouToFollowAHashTagAsATopicOfInterest

:D

I’m serious when I say this: I don’t think the #DemocraticParty is all that useful, and I don’t like voting #LesserOfTwoEvils but…….for heaven’s sake #voteDemocrat today. We’ll fix this dysfunctional party with time and putting in the work, but we’ll never get a better world voting for the #GOPTraitor Party.

#lesseroftwoevils