The lesser evil doctrine is the rent-a-cop who keeps cars safe by shitting in the seats and slashing the tires, who then asks, “would you prefer for it to be stolen?”. It’s the tenured professor who celebrates academic freedom by using grad students to write his books and, when confronted, demands to know if you would prefer that people remain ignorant. It’s the extortionist, with a can of gas and a gun, who stands up for people’s right to spend their money as they see fit and cries bitter tears at the treachery of it all when they choose to stomp him instead. It’s the dead end of a road paved with false dichotomies.