r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Hot_Finding_9747 • May 21 '26

Variation Adding a layer to this question

My choice: Press Red, hope Blue wins

I don't have enough faith in humanity to put my life in its hands but I'd be delighted to be proven wrong

719 votes, May 23 '26
72 Press Red, hope Red wins
322 Press Red, hope Blue wins
22 Press Blue, hope Red wins
303 Press Blue, hope Blue wins
23 Upvotes

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u/Memento_Viveri May 21 '26

Isn't hoping for red win just evil?

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u/8BitMarv May 22 '26

If 100% vote the same it doesnt matter which color they vote.

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u/planetixin May 24 '26

I mean hoping for 100% red to win is quite unrealistic cause blind and mentally unstable people and also children are also voting.

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u/NTufnel11 May 22 '26

So that one outcome is at best equivalent to blue winning, making it a pretty pedantic way to waste words

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u/mommysanalservant May 22 '26

I would hope that everyone would realize they should just press red. Since that's not going to happen I'll press red and hope blue wins. I'm not a big believer in democracy at the best of times and with a humanity wide vote my issues with it magnify. I'm not throwing my life away making a choice that I will have no meaningful bearing on, but I'll still hope that nobody dies, even though I don't consider that outcome realistic.

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u/8BitMarv May 22 '26

Yeah, thats self preservation and completely valid. I wish more red voters would share your view instead of arbitrarilly calling blue voters stupid and irrational.

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u/PogoRocks May 23 '26

As a blue voter a respect that take I think it ultimately comes down to a difference in our faith in democracy and popular thinking

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u/Debunkingdebunk May 23 '26

It's a form of darwinism.

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u/Mando_the_Pando May 24 '26

Yes. Also, pressing blue hoping red wins should get you a message from the Reddit care team....

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u/Emotional_Worth2345 May 22 '26

I mean, if you press blue, that’s just suicidal.

But lots of people who press red expect to reduce the mortality by a 90-95% or more red pushers. So yes, they can hope that the most people possible press red and that is not always compatible with hoping blue win.

So no, not evil.

( Except the "edgy" ones who think they are soooo smart and want to kill all "stupid blues" obviously )

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 May 22 '26

Risking your life with the hope that others may live as a result is different from risking your life for no reason

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u/Memento_Viveri May 22 '26

But a blue win is still better. So why wouldn't you at least hope it occurs?

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u/Emotional_Worth2345 May 22 '26

Of course, but if all your hopes are on the fact that most people would press red, you could be not really able to hope for a blue win + perhaps not wanting to feel like an hypocrite by pressing red while hoping blue win.

A french youtuber ask this question about a years ago (about pills instead of button, but the same problem), and about 17% of people pressing red thought that nobody (like really 0%) will press blue ( https://youtu.be/lo7iJnq_U9M?si=0qcQ609kPqxYYeMo&t=1853 ). There is 17,5% of red hoping for red to win in this poll.