Let ' s just call it the lesser of the two evils . <| sep |> Well , that ' s why I included presumably . I know virtually nothing about you so I ' m making a few generalizations . For the most part and for many reasons I assume no human is living their life in the most efficient way possible to improve the world , so the question is about what said hypothetical human would be doing , assuming they were psychologically capable of putting in the work and effort required . <| sep |> i ' ve been looking for new ways to protect my floppy disk drives . <| sep |> Wtf . People keep posting this . This is crazy old . <| sep |> I ' ve read Chomsky ' s takes on that . You REALLY have to bear in mind he often presents just as one sided a view as the perspective he ' s trying to debunk . Take Chile for example . Did the US support a dictator that violated a shit ton of human rights ? Yes . But previously the elected communist president cosyed up with Russia and Castro , tanked the economy and agriculture sector , did his best to crush dissent and then remove his constitutional limits on power when Chiles legislature asked the head of the army to depose their own president . And then that general declared himself dictator . And the US decided this was probably the least shitty situation of the possiblitiesLong story short , it ' s never black and white