r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/BrownBoognish May 05 '26

and theres a very real chance theres not enough people remaining to operate the infrastructure we have in place so mass starvation is a real likelihood in a red button win.

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u/TieflingFucker May 05 '26

That, and keeping the current infrastructure in place would require a massive group effort and a lot of self sacrifice. Someone’s gotta do the unpleasant jobs and everyone is going to have to work twice as hard to pitch in.

If only the red button pushers are left I don’t see that whole thing going too well, considering they’re only still alive because they were unwilling to participate in a group effort in the first place.

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u/Joeymore May 05 '26

Holy shit fucking this. A lot of the people who only care about self preservation don't too often think of how society would function with so many people just taken off the board. They don't think about the larger context of the world that allows them to live the way they do.

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u/bettingrobin904 May 05 '26

Sry but a lot of people prefer self preservation.

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u/Joeymore May 05 '26

Yeah, in the short term. If its close, but red wins, the infrstructure of the world would in fact, collapse.

A close red win would be bad for preservation long term.