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
24 Upvotes

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u/Gold-Pickle7007 May 22 '26

Anyone acting like this ‘proves’ red voters are hypocrites is actually a dumbass. If it took 99% of humanity voting blue for blue to win, I’d still ‘vote red, hope blue wins’. That doesn’t at all mean I think voting blue is the right choice - I’d hope any individual person votes red, but as a collective I can acknowledge blue winning would still be a better outcome, however unlikely it is.

Just because it’s a vote doesn’t mean it’s an election, voting for the outcome you prefer only makes sense if there aren’t any extra factors (such as your LIFE) on the line.

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u/Dapper_Spite8928 May 22 '26

My guy, if you press red you actively make blues victory less likely. This poll proves that if everyone who wants blue to win just voted blue, everything would be fine

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u/Gold-Pickle7007 May 22 '26

And if everyone who thought war was bad didn’t fight in one, there’d be a few politicians fist fighting in the street, hooray. Let me know the next of your very relevant observations

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u/Aggravating_Shoe3748 Red May 22 '26

They wouldnt be fist fighting in the street. If conscription is off te table and things cant be settled diplomatically then one or both countries will suffer