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#lesserevil

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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 Magazine

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

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100%/0% TAX ✅ ✅

@ondra @dopatwo @signalapp @Mastodon

Always depends on who you are asking.

Also in the future who knows which service/-s will implement Signal protocols into some fediverse compliant software that a lot of people might be using.

Trying to tell people what's gonna happen in the future is like being on thin ice...one's promises may break at any given moment due to an extremely complex world.

Signal got issues, but we seek out the lesser evil...always...

#Complexity#Hypotheticals#LesserEvil
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@Greengordon @benroyce @me_valentijn @mls14 @heidilifeldman my point is that those who didn't vote under the pretense that this ain't gonna help Palestinians are #UsefulIdiots because that election wasn't just about that but because everyone knows that #Trump and his goons want a jewish ethnostate for their feverdream of Armagheddon.

  • And I kid you not, #Evangelical #Christofacists like #CUFI from the #USA's #BibleBelt outnumber Jews globally, so if any conspiracy were true (they ain't but for the sake of argument), it's that the USA is in control of Israel and not the other way around.

I know the #US system is shit, but since noone has the balls to replace it with something better, people have to choose the "#LesserEvil" and #Harris / #Waltz are that by a long shot ( I wished for #Sanders / #OcasioCortez [#AOC] but alas I never was eligible to vote and I also know both of them never had a chance cuz corporate donors hate #based candidates like them!)

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @northernlights

>> I haven't blocked you before because I like to nclude people with whom I disagree in my feed; I don't have to agree with everyone to think their argument may have merit.

Great policy! Mine too 😉

But…
>> #WhackATroll #Toodles?

I haven't seen his other posts, but TBH, in this post he didn't say that ONLY the people voting for #lesserEvil are to blame.

That #MAGA and #Trump voters are ALSO to blame is obvious and implicit 🙂

Now, please put PP in a can 👍

@johnzajac

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iam-py-test :unverified:

@bodhipaksa @briankrebs
Their Facebook, which was last updated in 2014 and was never used much, states they were at one time employed by LesserEvil: facebook.com/edward.coristine

They did work at LesserEvil in 2012, according to a now-deleted Facebook post: bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/met

Their father bought LesserEvil in 2011: cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil
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.

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Steven Zekowski

#LesserEvil

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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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@topher @nekohayo I do agree that this is a serious concern, but given the even harder and faster #Enshittification, it seems still as a "#LesserEvil" to me compared to #Windows and #macOS.

  • I know that's the worst possible "sales pitch", but I'd rather choose becoming an #Amish than using Windows 11!

OFC I'd love to know what - besides #CLI & #TUI tools - you depend upon.

It's basically a good #neovim preconfiguration and can be pretty awesome if you don't want to deep-dive into #OhMyZsh like @fuchsiii did.

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@egalitaire @benfell the problem is the inherently shit system of the #USA.

I know this is bad but I"d rather see people try to prevent a #christofacist #dictator by all means necessary (starting with elections OFC!) than conditionlessly surrendering to #Project2025 without a fight.

  • Because this isn't (just) about the 313M people in the #USA, but #USpol decides the fate of over 1B people who never got any say in it whether they like it or not and I'm one of them...

I wish it was different but sadly that's the #shitshow we've got now...

#nuancedopinion#lesserevil
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Sam :verified:

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.

#lesserevil#election2024#KamalaHarris
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