It's a good concept but I'm more fond of the concept of sound. It comes down to personal preference.
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There is something to risk reduction, but it's more about voting strategically, if you have a chance to sway the election it makes sense to vote in arisk reductive manner from a practical standpoint, however, There's also something to be said about voting for a marxist canidate not because they have a good chance of getting elected but to show support for a marxist party. To make it more clear people support them. The lesser evil concept in us democracy is stupid to begin with because a. in the presidential election the majority of the population has bascially no effect on the system if you live in california they are going to vote blue if you live in texas tehy are giong to vote red. As such ti doesnt' really matter. It also assumes the reason for voting is to get people elected. Which as a revolutionary marxist it should be more a means to an end regardless. You vote to raise awareness of your cause and to create solidarity. If you are voting in an electino you mathematically have virtually zero chance of swaying it makes more sense to vote for a marxist canidate in the hopes that if enough people vote for it it might show up in statistics and introduce people to the cause.
Do not compare evils, lest you be tempted to cleave with the least of them!
--Victor Saltzpyre
(A raw line probably inspired by somebody else lol)
It's always odd to me when words develop parallel but distinct meanings based on context. Like, I know "to cleave to" something is to attach to it, but it trips me up (esp. in a Warhammer context where Saltzpyre would be hanging out) since I default to "he was cleaved in twain".
As with most other English oddities, I assume this is holdover from my ancestors treating other languages like swap meets.
God I love contronyms. Strike is also a fun one because it means to hit and also to miss.
Dust is the best one: to cover in dust (like sugar on a pastry) or to remove dust from (like a bookshelf).
Also a noun.
Totally! It's weird how it can mean the meeting spot between two things, or the separation of them.
It's like someone started using it wrong and it just caught on.
Maybe it was the "could care less" of its day hahaha.
IMO, developing conciousness of the society is far more important than choosing the lesser evil.
Also the bigger evil, is only evil in your view. And letting the course run, is one of the best ways for that big evil to show people why it is bigger evil.
This question is redundant. Evil people choose the evil option, normal people choose the other.
pick the guy who is easier to fight
Donβt blame me, I voted for Kodos