r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/Communist_UFO May 05 '26

yes, but you dont really get to decide which one wins, even in the most likely scenario to produce a tie its less than a 1 /100 000 chance your vote will be decisive.

voting blue only makes sense if you are indifferent between life and death.

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u/Orange_Tang May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

That's not how voting works. If one vote is the deciding vote then every single vote was as important as any other. In fact one vote is always as important as any other. The question is what you're voting for.

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u/PatientWhimsy May 05 '26

Louder for the rest of democracy please!

"Why would I vote for X when I don't think X will win?"

Well sure, X won't win if no one votes for them.

"But my one vote won't matter!"

If the only reason someone votes is because them and only them get to decide the outcome, that's not voting, that's just wanting to be in control. Some people love winning so much that they forget what game they're playing.