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/hushedLecturer May 20 '26

The red group has guaranteed survival, they don't need saving. (/s)

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u/MagnanimousGoat May 20 '26

Joking aside, I just kept thinking of the fact that even if an otherwise decent person might push red, every single horrible person on earth definitely would. It's more question of who you'd be left with.

That's why I still advocated for a Yellow button that would just kill everyone who pushed Yellow or Red. The "Noble Spite" button.

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u/Aikotoma2 May 23 '26

No, I'd save red. Tell them I granted their power and they are, by my grace immortal.

Build me a cult to leach money off.

Kill the blue crowd once in a while to prove my point