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"The least of several evils" is not the same thing as "good".

• jamesrcole 9y ago
  But what if it's the least evil of all the available options? That doesn't itself make it "good" but that does make it the best option available.
  • coliveira 9y ago
    Contrary to popular belief, economy is not a binary system. There is a huge range of decisions that can be pursued and each decision has a particular interest. Modern societies have decided to take the "market-friendly" decisions each step of the way instead of the human- and environment-friendly decisions with the excuse that this is the least of "two" evils.
  • PhasmaFelis 9y ago
    Of course. PeachPlum was asserting that it does make it good, though.
    • jamesrcole 9y ago
      What I was trying to get at is that if something is literally the best option available then there's not much point complaining about it.