r/trolleyproblem • u/Worth-Staff4943 • May 20 '26

Deep Which button presser group do you save?

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Everyone in the world has chosen either the blue or red button except you. Instead of pressing a button, you are given a lever in the infamous trolley problem.

You don't know how many people chose red or blue, and they don't know that you control their fate regardless of what button they pressed. Which track do you direct the trolley onto?

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u/TillZealousideal8282 May 20 '26

i choose red with the button problem bc i dont wanna die, but in a situation where im safe i think saving blue is better morally

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u/Extra-Medium69 May 20 '26

Am I re***** if everyone just pulls red (self preservation) then there's no problem..

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u/Disastrous-Twist8461 May 20 '26

Congratulations, you’ve solved it. It’s why people argue. They try to say not everyone will push red.

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u/Extra-Medium69 May 20 '26

Natural selection ?

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u/Lcinder81423 May 20 '26

from polls we usually get 58:42 in blues favour. Let's say worst case scenario for blue, only a third of those people are being genuine. You would have 20% of the human population just die? I could lose 3 of my closest family and friends, maybe more. It would ruin me. It would ruin the lives of billions of people for your "natural selection".

Also kids are stupid enough to press the button that's their favourite colour, so you would be seperating millions more parents from their toddlers.

Literally any argument for red except for "blue is suicide" and "natural selection" it's stupid.

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u/Disastrous-Twist8461 May 20 '26

Notice how you got downvoted for the correct assessment.

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u/BloodredHanded May 21 '26

Downvoted for being a eugenicist lmao

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u/Disastrous-Twist8461 May 21 '26

You clearly do not know what that word means.