{"id":5526,"date":"2024-03-29T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5526"},"modified":"2024-03-29T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:53:41","slug":"the-myth-of-the-lesser-evil-why-us-progressives-back-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5526","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of the ‘Lesser Evil’: Why US Progressives Back Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Joseph Massad<\/span><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> Columbia University<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> Middle East Eye<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> January 29, 2021\/UK<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Opinion\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b> 1680<\/span><\/p>

Link: <\/b>https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/lesser-evil-american-progressives-and-president-joe-biden<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> U.S., imperialist foreigner policy, the lesser evil<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

Columbia University professor Joseph Massad refutes the \u201clesser evil\u201d theory, presented by American progressives who argue that voting for the Democratic party is a \u201clesser evil\u201d than voting for Republicans. The author compares the two parties in many aspects, such as health services, social security, and women\u2019s rights, in which he argues there is no difference between them. The author shows that voting for a domestic agenda based on the misleading argument of \u201clesser evil\u201d leads the government to launch wars and kill hundreds of thousands in the Middle East, for instance, because of the American imperialist foreign policy. He indicates that the \u201cprogressive\u201d and \u201cleftist\u201d are similar to liberal conservatives; all are the beneficiaries of imperialist and racist systems. Because they are beneficiaries of this system, they are not interested in any radical change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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