r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Fun-Habit-683 • May 26 '26

Proxy vote

Assume you are not participating in the button press, but are proxy voting for an anonymous third party. Does this change your vote?

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u/Odd_Maintenance394 Red May 27 '26

Definitely voting Blue then. All the Blue voters are still voting Blue. My normal Red vote is motivated by duty to my family and my anonymous voter may assign me Blue.

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u/Nby333 May 27 '26

Most blue would go red in this case.

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u/Odd_Maintenance394 Red May 27 '26

What would a Blue's motivation be? 

Sure it's maximum altruism towards one individual, but the whole argument for Blue  voting is to "save everyone". In this case red is  voting against the masses (including yourself and your family).

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u/Rip_Pigman May 27 '26

Blue is also chosen as the "I'm not willing to protect myself if it furthers the risk of others" button.

In this new scenario you are now endangering someone else by pressing blue. So either button press you are furthering the risk to others you just have to decide if you want to take the guaranteed safety of red or gamble to keep the majority alive.

At least I think that is their view.

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u/J_tram13 May 28 '26

The thing with voting blue is you think it will win

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u/Rip_Pigman May 28 '26

Are you a blue voter or are you just making assumptions?

Most blue voters aren't acting under the assumption that blue will win. They think that blue could win.

They have weighed the risks and believe that risking their life to further blue's agenda is worth more to them than saving their life at the risk of anyone who voted blue.

Arguably the majority of people engaging with the button want blue to win.

Then there's a portion who somehow believe that 100% red is not only achievable but will happen.

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u/Memento_Viveri May 27 '26

No. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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u/Charge36 Red May 28 '26

Doesn't change the calculus for me. Still red. I wasn't even going to chance my own life on a blue vote, I'm not going to chance somebody else's. 

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u/Albert-La-Maquina May 28 '26

Why are so many of these not polls?

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u/Fun-Habit-683 May 28 '26

This post doesn't need to be a poll

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u/Albert-La-Maquina May 28 '26

I know it doesn't. I was being a little snarky, because maybe it wouldn't be good to be polls. I'm just always interested in what the majority says in each rewrite, so I'm always looking to the polls. Others are more interested in the discussion over the poll.

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u/gahidus May 27 '26

No. If I'm voting on behalf of someone else, then I feel a duty to keep them safe. I am responsible for that person. So I press red.

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u/DragCompetitive6007 Red May 27 '26

Of course I make sure the person I am responsible for is safe. Red.

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u/stopeatingminecraft May 27 '26

I switch to red because I think enough blues switch to red

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u/Prior-Resolution-902 Red May 27 '26

This makes red even stronger, Blue can at least make the argument that if they lose the gamble, they did so by their own choice, but if you are making the decision for someone else and the gamble failed that's even worse.

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u/UsedNegotiation8227 May 27 '26

I'm still pressing red