Wiser than the libertarian "The lesser of two evils is still evil" is Aristotle's "The lesser of two evils is more desirable."

This election may have done enough to impede or even cancel Biden's legislative agenda, but it was not the glorious reproach many of us wanted. But why? (spoiler I dunno)

“If we take the widest and wisest view of a Cause, there is no such thing as a Lost Cause, because there is no such thing as a Gained Cause. We fight for lost causes because we know that our defeat and dismay may be the preface to our successors’ victory, though that victory itself will be temporary; we fight rather to keep something alive than in the expectation that it will triumph.” -TS Elliott