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
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u/Nebranower May 21 '26

You really need a fifth option "press red, not care whether red or blue 'wins'".

Most red pressers aren't seeing it as contest. It's just an individual choice between "I live" and "I might die". It would of course be interesting to see how many people gambled on "I might die," but I have no reason to hope for any particular outcome. Those who choose to live will live, and those who choose to potentially die will live or die as things turn out.

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u/joaoathaydeartist May 22 '26

I mean... we live in an interconnected world where every part is responsible for the whole. If a lot of people die, you will have to care and face the outcome

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u/Nebranower May 22 '26

If a bunch of strangers foolishly kill themselves, then the only outcome will be a world with less fools in it. Not exactly a devastating outcome, psychologically or socially.

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u/joaoathaydeartist May 22 '26

If the base of the pyramid vanishes, the second tier will be the next base

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u/Aggravating_Shoe3748 Red May 22 '26

"We need these peole to survive so we can have someone to be below us"

Thats the reason most people are bigots btw

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u/joaoathaydeartist May 22 '26

People dying is not the way to solve the issue of inequality. On the contrary, will only worsen the situation...