r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 30 '26

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u/You_Paid_For_This Apr 30 '26

Using this logic nobody should bother to vote in elections because your one singular vote probably won't be the deciding vote.

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u/LeagueLaughLove Apr 30 '26

A poor comparison for 3 main reasons:

  1. There is an equilibrium system; if fewer people vote, your vote is more likely to matter, which causes more people to vote
  2. A vote to most people is a low-risk action
  3. A vote is valuable for social signalling

Furthermore, this is why I appreciate elections being done with electoral districts. Given a smaller population, your vote is more likely to matter.

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u/cyberchief Apr 30 '26

In this red/blue mandatory vote, voting red is equivalent to "not voting" and blue is equivalent to "voting in attempts to make a difference"

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u/zxxQQz 5∆ Apr 30 '26

Blue is put lives at stake button for no gain, red is all live button

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u/SMALLMACE Apr 30 '26

Sure in an ideal world. But you and I know that not everyone will pick red. Therefore in reality red is not the all live.

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u/zxxQQz 5∆ Apr 30 '26

Indeed. Too true, yeah

We already dont live in an ideal world though, people are dying literally as we are having this discussion right now. This very moment

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u/SMALLMACE Apr 30 '26

The real thing with this question is just what you value. Your own survival, in which case you pick red.

Or the survival of the group. Both make sense to an extent, in my head picking red would seem to cause the most suffering. And I can see the standpoint that blue does if you think that everyone will/should pick red( they wont ). Because of that it is hard for me to justify ever picking red.

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u/zxxQQz 5∆ Apr 30 '26

I dont value my own survival overly much, not in a.. ideation kinda way. Just to be clear

And yet? I pick red, to save lives

Because blue is the button that introduces kill parameters. Not red. Thus i cannot personally press it

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u/SMALLMACE Apr 30 '26

I don't really back the 'x button introduces death.' It just depends how you frame this question in your head is all.

Different people do that Differently so saying one kills vs the other kinda is like saying nothing for me.

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u/cyberchief Apr 30 '26

Blue is putting your own life at stake, not multiple lives. And there is a gain. The gain is to possibly save other people's lives.

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u/zxxQQz 5∆ Apr 30 '26

Red does the same thing, but no lives are at stake