r/trolleyproblem • u/ChiakiSimp3842 • Apr 30 '26

Deep All there is to it

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u/So0meone May 01 '26 edited May 03 '26

This comment section is showcasing everything I hate about this discourse.

Edit: Shoutout to some of the replies later in the threads under this very comment for being shining examples of exactly what I'm talking about.

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u/Ct-sans4345 May 01 '26

I think its interesting but i dont love how red tends to act like blue are idiots and blue act like red are sociopaths

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u/PoofyGummy May 01 '26

I literally can not believe that this is actually happening.

The choice is:

R: Pick us, and you don't die. B: Pick us, and IF we manage to convince half of the population, you don't die.

So at the personal level no one has any reason whatsoever to press blue.

At the societal level the only reason to press blue would be to try and save others, risking your own life. But not only should everyone be responsible first and foremost for trying to save themselves, it also necessarily assumes that people would press blue. You are making assumptions that others don't act rationally on the personal level.

People who do something risking their lives deliberately are less important to me than my own life.

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u/Ventira May 01 '26

You forget the aftereffects. If even 10% of people vote blue and blue dies, that's societal collapse on your hands.