Imagine if someone like Harvey Weinstein presented as his only defense, “Well, at least I’m not Hitler!” Would you take that as a valid argument? Or would you instead dismiss it as absurd because you know Harvey Weinstein is still a bad person, even if he isn’t that bad. Similarly, imagine that we can resurrect Adolph Hitler for a trial and he presented as his defense, “Well, at least I didn’t eat people!” Is that a valid defense? My thinking to both examples is no.
If your only defense is to compare yourself to someone worse, you’re simply not a good person.
Here is something from the New York Times — a much respected mouthpieces of modern neoliberalism — about what Democrats do when they have all the power. They looked at states where Democrats control both state legislatures and the governor’s office and found that they are not complying with their own party platform and are, in fact, fueling American inequality.
We’re not surprised.
PS: Harvey Weinstein was a Democratic voter who supported John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.