>>> delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU 08/16/00 01:39PM >>>
>You
>get the impression that given an unlikely situation you'd have
>people on the left arguing for a vote for a Mussolini to stop
>a Hitler coming to power! Evil of two lessers indeed
>
You would indeed.
If the election offers a choice between Mussolini and Hitler, to fail to vote for Mussolini is to become part of a conspiracy to commit genocide. (Unless, of course, you first abstain and then assassinate Hitler...)
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CB: I agree with Brad D.
It would be good to know that Mussolini and Hitler had broken their alliance.