"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't" is the idiom used for this ...

		carlosjobim on Feb 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't" is the idiom used for this kind of thinking. The pessimist says "Things can't get worse, I'll vote to leave the EU", the optimist says "Things can always get worse, let's stay in the EU".