imo, with respect, this is missing a few crucial bits:
the big problem is what happens the day after — when the lesser evil wins, do you pat yourself on the back and peace out til the next election? — and how people emotionally rationalize their choice — into lesser-evil fandom
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Jan 29, 2026 14:31too many people who pick "the lesser evil" really don't like that idea very much, so they find all kinds of ways to avoid *experiencing* their actions as "lesser-evilism"
their lesser evil is a good man, a great man, their fantasy dad
anyone who criticizes their lesser evil is an unruly child
&c.
i've had people throw the "lesser evil" thing at me, and "harm reduction" (lol, that's not what that means), and the awful bus analogy, and then turn around and… absolutely glaze their lesser-evil plutocratic pro-genocide status-quo imperialist moderate-on-a-good-day leaders
and, like: *I* vote for these shit-ass parasites, too! all the time! (it sucks!)
but way too many people can't really live with the fact that it sucks, day to day
so their "lesser evil" pragmatism is lockstep-joined to a different battle cry:
BETTER THINGS AREN'T POSSIBLE!!
