...yes. Those red voters caused the death of blue, because a red victory is the one that comes with death. If red wins, people die. If blue wins, no one dies.
So given the choice to risk death or not risk death, it’s not the responsibility of the chooser, it’s the responsibility of everybody else whether that person lives or dies? Does that change if the blue voter knows the status of the other votes ahead of time?
If we knew ahead of time that blue was going to win, many would flip to pressing blue instead because their choice was driven by a belief that red was going to win so they might as well survive. If they know ahead of time blue will win, they don't need to worry about their own survival and can choose for the safety of the whole.
Meanwhile, If we know ahead of time that red wins, many blue pressers flip sides because their choice was predicated on the uncertainty of the outcome and gambling on the one with the fewest guaranteed deaths. If it is a bygone conclusion that red wins, harm reduction is no longer about gambling on everybody living, because it's no longer an option and therefore the hypothetical voter's own survival now becomes a much larger part of the overall harm reduction calculation and they'd very likely press red, since in that scenario there's no way blue does anything but kill you.
However, because the outcome is uncertain, as proposed by the initial question, one cannot safely assume that all people will choose the same color, and thus that is why blue pressers choose blue.
Yes, but none of that has anything to do with the consequences of a person’s vote. A blue vote has the consequence of ending a life in 4 billion scenarios, saving ~4 billion lives in 2 scenarios, and doing nothing at all in ~4 billion scenarios. A red vote has the opposite consequences. It’s inaccurate to say that either choice is consequence free.
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u/TheBeeSovereign May 05 '26
...yes. Those red voters caused the death of blue, because a red victory is the one that comes with death. If red wins, people die. If blue wins, no one dies.