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It's not good of its own merit though, it's only good compared to something worse. Neither party represents the interests of the average working class individual.
Literally nothing is "good of its own merit". Because literally nothing is intrinsically "good".
"Good" is a subjective idea, not objectively measurable, so it will always be in reference to another, i.e. relative.
I'm making assumptions here, but it sounds like you're sarcastically pointing out contradiction.
But there is no contradiction here. "Good" is subjective, and when they subjectively compare the two then one is much better, subjectively