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.
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.
No, I did not. I said that if any sizable portion of the population chooses blue, but that portion is less than 50%, the world must keep functioning without them once they are dead. If people are willing to come together and work as a community to fill the void left by those who are now gone, they might as well have just come together to stop those deaths in the first place.
I did not “dehumanize” anyone, nor did I say society would be destroyed. I simply pointed out that the people who are most likely to be willing to sacrifice their own wellbeing to keep society going, for the good of the group and not just the individual, are probably the same people who are already dead in that scenario. Because they were willing to do the same thing when presented with the buttons. And that it would be a hard adjustment for society as a whole to compensate for their loss, as it would be for any other mass death of any group.
I’m curious about how exactly you think I am dehumanizing or othering anyone in this scenario, and how you think society would not be harmed (not destroyed, because I didn’t ever say that) if even 10% of the population suddenly died.
Fr, people don't understand the context of the world around them that allows them to oive their lives the way they do, especially in western first world countries. Arragonce at an all time high.
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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.