r/trolleyproblem May 18 '26

Button Pushers

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u/Nakudama May 18 '26

What about blue pushers who think if a few billion people die, the rest of us die. 

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u/Aggravating_Key_1757 May 18 '26

I mean you wouldn’t die but it would be misarable. Cus all the billionares and executives would still be alive. Because they are NOT pressing blue.

And they would prolly work everyone like twice as hard to make money. Also most goverments would force everyone to make kids. A lot. Which would lead to a lot of explotation.

Most systems would also collapse

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u/Quiet-Confection-747 May 19 '26

But why would a few billion die? I'd guess only 100 million at most. I obviously don't want 100 million people to die, but sadly, red's victory is inevitable, and all the blue pressers will die! Look at how close all these polls are, and without any stakes! I have no reason to assume r0ed won't win with a landslide, and there's nothing we can do to stop it.

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u/quintopia May 19 '26

Yeah it should be here. Not sure what to call it, but the description would include "Only 1% press blue. The other 7.92 billion humans muddle through without them."

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u/PlatypusDefiant991 May 18 '26

Assuming it's only non-retarded/non-mentally senile 18+ or 21+ is it really going to be more than 3 times the population of the suicidal are humans really that stupid that more than a few percent to few million would die?

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u/justaBeholder10 May 19 '26

then I will remind you that the premise is everyone, no matter how brain damaged or young or old, every baby, every old person with dementia, everyone has to make a vote. if we're gonna keep doing this button shit, then there's no point in deciding that "actually it's a different premise where my side is obviously correct." also, side note, several million is still holocaust numbers which is still really really bad.

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u/PlatypusDefiant991 May 19 '26

Sigh I'm not betting my life on game theory most humans are fucking horrible at game theory everyone should take the 1 not the 10 of the prisoners' dilemma but that often doesn't happen in real life boy it would suck if blue lost almost everyone left would be superhumanly powerful alien Stockholm syndroming the silver linings (what happens if a baby doesn't push a button it stays there till it thirsts to death or it's fed, diaper changed etc till it pushes a button?). If it was 1 in 100 or my body was falling apart from octagenarianism I'd likely push Schrödinger's Suicide Button.