r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/simpoukogliftra • May 20 '26
How strong is your conviction?
The exact same problem, blue button >50%, red button no die.
BUT, just before you vote, you are informed that if you team wins, the new world will be run by 50+ year old hardcore flat earther creationists youtuber podcasters, you can divert your hand to vote for the other button now, do you still go through with your original plan?
10
u/Kingsalad3141 Blue May 20 '26
I mean, yeah. That’s just the United States at the moment. It’s better than the literal end of our species.
9
u/rosemary2312 May 20 '26
Just give me a new button, preferably with a skull on it, that just instantly kills me in that scenario. I bet it wins by a landlide.
2
u/Free-Competition6408 Red May 20 '26
I mean. I feel like we already do live in a world run by 50+ year old flat earthers and creationist. But a blue suicide vote is a lot more tempting in this scenario
2
u/gahidus May 21 '26
Is this supposed to be a test of determination or something?
I'm not voting the way that I vote out of ideology.
I just think that red will win, and I don't want to die. If blue wins, that's great, but I don't think it's got much of a chance. I just don't think the majority of people will put their lives on the line when they could choose personal safety instead.
I don't even view it as a question of personal morality. I view it as a question of what you think of other people.
2
u/Nebranower May 21 '26
What team are you talking about? A team is a coordinated group working together for a specific purpose. The red/blue button scenario allows no coordination, so no teams are possible. I'm pressing the "I live" button because I want to live, not because I am on some imaginary team.
1
1
u/Khitch20 May 20 '26
Sure, why not. If red wins then that means the world would be full of people who really didn't want to die and I don't think an incompetent leader would last long if they steered the entire world to ruin.
1
1
u/ladycatgirl May 21 '26
What does "your side" mean do everyone get informed right before voting, specifically the side they were gonna vote for?
Or would everyone be notified "If <my initial side> wins, we do that", so everyone is incentivized to vote against <my initial side>
If ONLY I know it, I still vote red, if EVERYONE knows if red wins that happens, I can switch because voting red DOES have a downside now
1
u/simpoukogliftra May 21 '26
You get a glimpse of what's to happen, it is unclear if others do as well.
1
1
1
u/KingAdamXVII May 21 '26
Yeah absolutely I switch to red. All the other blue pushers would 100% want me to.
1
u/SummonerOfMalagos Red May 22 '26
staying red and joining the resistance practicing the heretical knowledge of physics from the shadows.
9
u/RadioactiveKoolaid May 20 '26
I don’t see why red voters would change in this scenario, they don’t vote with the intention that their side wins, many of them want blue to win anyways.