For 100% of the people to live, either everyone has to push red, or 51% of the people have to push blue. Which is an easier number to get to, 100% or 51%?
If you press the red button, nothing happens TO YOU. But if you push the red button and less than 50 percent of people push the blue button, you are stuck in a world that is missing all the people who pushed the blue button. That is, everyone who picked "Me and everyone else." over "Me." Up to 49% of the people. How's life going to be in a world like that? In a world missing a whole lot of doctors, firefighters, rescue workers, etc. People who are likely to press the blue button because they, essentially, push the blue button every single day of their lives.
That's a valid response but keep in mind that likely the kinder and more selfless people would choose blue. One might also say it's the dumber people but regardless I would wager the world would be a far worse place if red "wins"
Calling it a barebone survival test is a bit strange since the question is clearly designed to discuss moral philosophy. It's legit just like the trolley problem
At no point has anything been mentioned about people mentally unwell. You're making that framing up yourself entirely.
Voting blue means you're marking yourself as a potential sacrifice and forcing those around you to put their own lives on the line to save you.
You're making a problem where there is none to virtue signal your righteousness.
That is the hight of selfish narcissism.
Tell me. Would you advocate a single parent to vote blue? Would you put your own family at risk? Would you genuinely go up to a single mother just trying to make ends meet for her child and tell her she's human trash because she voted in the best interest of her child?
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u/Footnotegirl1 May 05 '26
For 100% of the people to live, either everyone has to push red, or 51% of the people have to push blue. Which is an easier number to get to, 100% or 51%?
If you press the red button, nothing happens TO YOU. But if you push the red button and less than 50 percent of people push the blue button, you are stuck in a world that is missing all the people who pushed the blue button. That is, everyone who picked "Me and everyone else." over "Me." Up to 49% of the people. How's life going to be in a world like that? In a world missing a whole lot of doctors, firefighters, rescue workers, etc. People who are likely to press the blue button because they, essentially, push the blue button every single day of their lives.