Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoAs a liberal, allow me to make an argument for lesser evilism:message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squareAs a liberal, allow me to make an argument for lesser evilism:Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoAnti-imperialism is just lesser-evilism essentially. Russia sucks but they’re better than the U.S., Iran sucks but they’re better than the demon-state of Israel, etcetera. If liberals understood this, maybe they’d have better foreign policy takes.
minus-squareAFineWayToDie [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoBut then they wouldn’t be liberals.
Anti-imperialism is just lesser-evilism essentially. Russia sucks but they’re better than the U.S., Iran sucks but they’re better than the demon-state of Israel, etcetera. If liberals understood this, maybe they’d have better foreign policy takes.
But then they wouldn’t be liberals.