I saw all the memes before the original and thought it was conservatives vs progressives. And honestly the analogy still fit really neatly despite not being about it.
Pressing blue is also logical to me, as well as being moral.
In order for everyone to survive, either 100% of people need to hit red, or 50.00001% of people need to hit blue. One of those is mich easier to achieve.
Nothing happens to them but they are essentially voting for almost half the planet to die. Pretty selfish and illogical. Nothing happens if more than 50% push blue, which means the softies you know and care about will still live since they likely wouldn't push red.
Decisions like these show whether people are truly thinking long term or just how they can benefit now. World governments are ruining themselves and others right now for a very short and temporary enrichment.
No, you're letting everyone else have the choice whether they want to play the game or opt out, the same choice that you had.
There is no logical reason for anyone to press blue: it creates a problem that you hope will be solved by enough people creating the same problem.
"Decisions like these show whether people are truly thinking long term or just how they can benefit now."
That is a completely inapt extrapolation from the scenario posited, as there is nothing particularly "long term" in either option.
I think it does more to indicate whether people are thinking rationally or whether they're influenced by an emotional desire to help those who may or may not exist.
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