Among those who propagated the ‘lesser evil’ argument were Noam Chomsky and socialist historian Howard Zinn. Thanks to Joseph Massad for reminding me. Why US progressives back Biden Related Chomsky, Zinn and Obabma
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51