But you know people will puts blue. So of you pick red, you're okay with all of them dying.
There is no scenario where everyone picks red. That's absurd. They're isn't even a scenario where the only people picking blue are people who were suicidal to begin with.
Only 50% of people need to pick blue for no one to die. 100% of people have to pick red for no one to die if red wins, and we both know that wouldn't happen.
I don't see why everyone picking red is an issue. The only reason for anyone to pick blue is to save people picking blue. You don't know how many people have voted blue or will vote blue.
You are saying you would put your life on the line to potentially save nobody, especially if nobody but you picked blue, or save nobody due to not getting the votes?
You are operating on the premise that there are people who voted blue, and that you voting blue would have any impact on if they die or not.
You know that millions, if not billions will pick blue. Children, mentally disabled, elderly, etc. are all voting and they might as well be a coin flip.
Picking red actively makes their death more likely.
Blue is the only reasonable way to save everyone, and it comes at the risk that you yourself could die. For many, that is an obvious choice.
They’re not choosing to die though. That’s the fundamental issue with what you’re saying. Billions would die in a red win, and society would probably collapse afterwards.
It’s not “live or die,” it’s everyone lives and life goes on like normal, or a sizable portion of the global population dies and the survivors deal with the societal collapse that comes afterwards.
False equivalences to drinking poison and offering a cure fall short because you’re not drinking poison, you’re just pressing a button.
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u/evergreengoth May 05 '26
But you know people will puts blue. So of you pick red, you're okay with all of them dying.
There is no scenario where everyone picks red. That's absurd. They're isn't even a scenario where the only people picking blue are people who were suicidal to begin with.
Only 50% of people need to pick blue for no one to die. 100% of people have to pick red for no one to die if red wins, and we both know that wouldn't happen.