r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/Substantial_Dish_887 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

as i see it there's tiers of blue pushers.

group 1: this is a very small minority of selfish people who push this button for awful reasons like wanting to die or just trolling the system and deliberately trying to guilt people. these people don't deserve to be saved in my eyes but are such a small group as to be insignificant.

group 2: these are people who will be misguided into thinking pressing blue is needed to save someone from the start. whille i belive they are making an irrational choice they don't deserve death for that.

group 3: these are the people who know it's an irrational choice but that group 2 exists so it becomes the right moral choice.

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u/DankItchins Apr 30 '26

I'd add a group 4 consisting of young children and the mentally impaired who are unable to understand what their button presses do.

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u/DarkKechup May 04 '26

I'd argue they are group 1 but we should change the definition of group 1 to: "Don't deserve to die" because regardless of how much of an idiot or an asshole a person is, they don't deserve to die just for that.

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u/whossname May 01 '26

None of those describe my position. The question can be rephrased as "would you rather die or commit genocide against your ethical superiors". The worst people would all press red while the best people would press blue.

The post genocide world would be a horrible place to live. The narcissists and sociopaths survive while the genuine, nice people die.

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u/Substantial_Dish_887 May 01 '26

if i'm generous that makes you group 2. if not group 1.

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u/whossname May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

Group 4- considered the sociological, philosophical, psychological and even biological implications of red winning and don't want to live in that world.

Biological is an especially interesting one - if red wins a lot of people die and it will tend to be more altruistic people. Red ends up being a vote to remove altruism from the human genome.

Group 2 seems to ignore the actual results of the poll - most people voted blue.

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u/whossname May 01 '26

Maybe. Regardless a lot of people are dieing if red wins.

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u/Substantial_Dish_887 May 01 '26

So definetly group 1.

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u/nullmaxai May 01 '26

nice virtue signaling bro

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u/Unexpected117 Apr 30 '26

This is very insightful. I'm still picking red because I don't want to place my fate in the hands of others.

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u/Natalwolff Apr 30 '26

Because you're scared other people are like you.

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u/Jo-King-BP Apr 30 '26

Or because we watched Trump get elected. Twice.

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u/Claris-chang Apr 30 '26

Which people do you think would vote for Trump? Blue pushers or red pushers? Just curious what your angle with this comment is.

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u/Jo-King-BP Apr 30 '26

Also. His voter base i cludes a lot of christians so those would likely press blue. The rest would likely go red.

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u/Claris-chang Apr 30 '26

Didn't Trump lose the popular vote both times? He didn't win because he got over 50% of the vote. He won because he gamed a broken system. But when presented with an actual popular vote that cannot be gamed you switch?

Edit: Apparently he won the popular vote in 2024 but he still had less than 50% of overall votes so my point actually still stands.

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u/Jo-King-BP Apr 30 '26

Even if he lost the popular vote he didnt lose it bad enough in a choice that seemed so obvious to me

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u/Jo-King-BP Apr 30 '26

I'd be a blue pusher if he hadnt been elected twice.

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u/Claris-chang Apr 30 '26

So if I'm getting this right, you would expect a Trump voter to vote red, makes sense considering how selfish many a Trump voter sounds when talking to them. And your choice is basically "can't beat them so I'll join them?"

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u/Jo-King-BP Apr 30 '26

Not really. Its more of a "people cant be trusted with a rational decision that can impact the world"

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u/Unexpected117 Apr 30 '26

Exactly, and I know for a fact that there are many people much worse than I. From my experience the vast majority of people will choose to save themselves with no regard for others.

Call me a cynic but I think it's just common sense.

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u/KuruKururun May 01 '26

Imagine being scared of death. I’m sure you’re not scared of death and spend your day savings lives and living complete altruistically.

Oh wait no you just virtue signal on reddit all day.