Godric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe debate gets interesting sometimeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square428fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe debate gets interesting sometimeslemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square428fedilink
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWell, mathematically it’s only half as bad. -1 lesser evil +1 greater evil Vs. -1 lesser evil +0 greater evil
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYour math is wrong. You wouldn’t be cancelling out the greater evil with the vote for the lesser evil, so its actually twice as bad (or 4x what you were thinking). 0 lesser evil +1 greater evil
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoExactly. There is unfortunately no option to wind up with a non-evil result, your only options are greater evil result or lesser evil result. By voting 3rd party you didn’t reduce the chance of greater evil result, AND you didn’t increase the chance of lesser evil result.
Well, mathematically it’s only half as bad.
-1 lesser evil +1 greater evil
Vs.
-1 lesser evil +0 greater evil
Your math is wrong. You wouldn’t be cancelling out the greater evil with the vote for the lesser evil, so its actually twice as bad (or 4x what you were thinking).
0 lesser evil +1 greater evil
Exactly.
There is unfortunately no option to wind up with a non-evil result, your only options are greater evil result or lesser evil result.
By voting 3rd party you didn’t reduce the chance of greater evil result, AND you didn’t increase the chance of lesser evil result.