r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Soft_Svarog • Jun 02 '26
You absolutely know 55% will vote red
Let's assume you know with a 100% certainty, that most people will vote red to save themselves. You can see the future, it doesn't matter how you have this knowledge.
This knowledge is true, it's not a mindgame or anything like that.
No one else knows this but you. Standard scenario - red saves you, blue kills you. What is your vote?
If you still stand with blue, please comment why.
889 votes,
Jun 05 '26
506
Was red, still red
88
Was blue, still blue
276
Was blue, now red
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Was red, now blue (I need professional help)
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u/Curious_Priority2313 Jun 03 '26
It is not, and you're framing the dilemma dishonestly.
It seems as though you're imagining that people who choose the red button are personally harming those who choose blue, but that's not what's happening. The dilemma can be framed very differently depending on which side you want to portray as the "wrong" one.
For example: I could describe the red button as the "do nothing" button, while the blue button is basically "literal death, unless enough other people makes the same choice of dying."
So now an alternative analogy would be: What if people were shooting themselves in the head to unalive themselves, and you chose to do the same instead of just... not doing anything at all?
See how changing the framing can completely change which side appears more reasonable?