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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://spore.social/@Greengordon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Greengordon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@benroyce</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@me_valentijn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@me_valentijn</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@mls14" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mls14</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@heidilifeldman</a> my point is that those who didn't vote under the pretense that this ain't gonna help Palestinians are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UsefulIdiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UsefulIdiots</a> because that election wasn't just about that but because everyone knows that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo77sTGpngQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">and</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leOtTTMWGGg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">his goons</a> want a jewish ethnostate for their feverdream of Armagheddon.<ul><li>And I kid you not, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelical</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Christofacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christofacists</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CUFI</a> from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BibleBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BibleBelt</a> 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.</li></ul>I know the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> system is shit, but since noone has the balls to replace it with something better, people have to choose the "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>" and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harris</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waltz</a> are that by a long shot ( I wished for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sanders</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OcasioCortez</a> [<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AOC</a>] but alas I never was eligible to vote and I also know both of them never had a chance cuz corporate donors hate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/based" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#based</a> candidates like them!)

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@northernlights" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@northernlights</a> >> 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… >> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhackATroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhackATroll</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Toodles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toodles</a>? I haven't seen his other posts, but TBH, in this post he didn't say that ONLY the people voting for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesserEvil</a> are to blame. That <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> voters are ALSO to blame is obvious and implicit 🙂 Now, please put PP in a can 👍 <a href="https://dice.camp/@johnzajac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@johnzajac</a>

iam-py-test :unverified:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bodhipaksa</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> Their Facebook, which was last updated in 2014 and was never used much, states they were at one time employed by LesserEvil: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/edward.coristine" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/edward.coristine</a>They did work at LesserEvil in 2012, according to a now-deleted Facebook post: <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/metro/doge-staff-northeastern-coristine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/metro/doge-staff-northeastern-coristine/</a>Their father bought LesserEvil in 2011: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil-ceo-why-i-left-wall-street-for-a-failing-snack-company.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil-ceo-why-i-left-wall-street-for-a-failing-snack-company.html</a> 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.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>

I Voted for McGovernNever had any <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LESSEREVIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LESSEREVIL</a> in my life, but now it will be a conscious and committed decision, a lifestyle decision. Avoiding shit made by shitty people and their feral children. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LESSEREVILJustSayNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LESSEREVILJustSayNO</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:USpol, rant, venting

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/@topher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@topher</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nekohayo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nekohayo</a> I do agree that this is a serious concern, but given the even harder and faster <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>, it seems still as a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>" to me compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a>.<ul><li>I know that's the worst possible "sales pitch", but I'd rather choose becoming an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Amish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amish</a> than using Windows 11!</li></ul>OFC I'd love to know what - besides <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CLI</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TUI</a> tools - you depend upon.<ul><li>Cuz if you just want something that isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Emacs</a> but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4OyfL5o7DU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">better</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NvChad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NvChad</a> <a href="http://nvchad.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">can be</a> a good option...</li></ul>It's basically a good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neovim</a> <a href="https://neovim.io" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">preconfiguration</a> and can be pretty awesome if you don't want to deep-dive into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OhMyZsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OhMyZsh</a> like <a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> did.

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@egalitaire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@egalitaire</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@benfell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@benfell</a> the problem is the inherently shit system of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>.<ul><li>It's about whether <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harris</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waltz</a> are good, all they need to do is better than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>!</li></ul>I know this is bad but I"d rather see people try to prevent a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/christofacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#christofacist</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictator</a> by all means necessary (starting with elections OFC!) than conditionlessly surrendering to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> without a fight.<ul><li>Because this isn't (just) about the 313M people in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> 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...</li></ul>I wish it was different but sadly that's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shitshow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shitshow</a> we've got now...<ul><li>Consider this my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NuancedOpinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuancedOpinion</a> advocating for the "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>" by a long shot!</li></ul>

PlaidI voted for this. I have only myself to blame. <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/monsterdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monsterdon</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/tentacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tentacles</a>

AbdullahYou should all watch this! Ahmed Hudhayfa of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbandonBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbandonBiden</a> movement talks to Briahna Joy on their principles, positions wrt Kamala Harris, democratic party, the rhetoric of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesserevil</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/109035309?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=android_share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/109035309?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=android_share</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@violetmadder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@violetmadder</a> @9CL7T9k8cjnD@mastodon.social the problem is that in a utterly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/classist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classist</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiDemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiDemocratic</a> System like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> people only have the choice to vite for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a> aka. the guy who didn't promise to instare a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Christofacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christofacist</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dicratorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dicratorship</a> and commit literal <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Democide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democide</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> at home...I know that's still not a good choice (a good choice would be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BernieSanders</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AOC</a>!) but sadly choosing anything else will eother get drowned due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirstPastThePost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstPastThePost</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WinnerTakesAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WinnerTakesAll</a> shite and/pr would empower the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrangeTyrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OrangeTyrant</a>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InconvenientTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InconvenientTruth</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@micchiato" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@micchiato</a> I know the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RatchetEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RatchetEffect</a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> is the problem.But since it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cleptocracy</a> with the most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paywalled</a> elections and absurd cockblocking, what else do you propse besides "choosing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>" to prevent a worse future?Seriously...

Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑No one believes Cornel West will get elected, so it's obvious that voting for him is virtue signalling (tired-of-voting-for-lesser-evil). But a vote for West is a wasted opportunity to defend women from christo-fascists, and to defend the US from becoming a Russian satellite nation, making it more likely Trump is elected.But hey, worth it if you can feel morally superior, right?<a href="https://social.coop/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CornelWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CornelWest</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ChristoFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChristoFascist</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AnotherPutinPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnotherPutinPuppet</a>

Bernie Disobeys TyrantsThe <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VennDiagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VennDiagram</a> of people who post that quote about a vote being like a chess move and people who urge simple voting strategies like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoteBlueNoMatterWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoteBlueNoMatterWho</a> is almost a perfect circle.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Stiofán de BuitléirI don´t pretend to understand <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#us</a> politics, but isn´t it the case that if more states disqualify <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> from the presidential ballot, then the <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNC</a> could afford to (in theory of course :-)) stand a somewhat less evil <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesserevil</a>, perhaps someone younger, a little more humane... etc. person as presidential candidate?I must be mistaken, as is often the way.<a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/biden2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biden2024</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biden</a>

Violet MadderThe Monster and the Monster's Keeper: there is no "lesser" evil here. mentions of abuse, child trafficking,

M. Grégoire<a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evan</a> Serious answer:In general, one ought to choose the lesser evil, but it may occur that all choices are so gravely wrong that they are disqualified; it would be unethical to choose any one of them.For instance, if I have 3 candidates, one promising to seize the Alaskan panhandle; another to annex the Danish half of Hans Island; and the third to conquer the Turks and Caicos — then I ought to spoil my ballot.This is ultimately a question of the limits of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/utilitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#utilitarian</a> ethics.<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LesserEvil</a>

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