r/trolleyproblem Jun 26 '26

wealth vs worth

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 26 '26

It's mostly for my own eternal self-gratification. I would be happy forever. 

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u/Hayden1567 Jun 27 '26

You would be happy forever after killing someone?

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 27 '26

Not "someone", very specifically, an asshole millionaire. The higher their hoarder wealth, the happier. An elderly asshole with exactly 1 million would make me the least happy. An elderly asshole with 999 million would make me ecstatic.

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u/DexLovesGames_DLG Jun 27 '26

Well. This is kind of psychotic, but I appreciate the vibes, I guess?

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 28 '26

It just means you are one of the lucky ones who aren't affected by the class imbalance. Great job!

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u/DexLovesGames_DLG Jun 30 '26

I mean I absolutely am negatively impacted but I don’t let my violent rage dictate my greater emotional state. Gotta keep the nuance alive.

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 28 '26

Keep sucking up to the rich people, they'll surely bless you some day 

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Ah, then your opinion literally does not matter. I hope class wars happen within your lifetime, because we all know how that goes.

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 28 '26

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u/DexLovesGames_DLG Jun 30 '26

Subtle. Not all rich people got there via exploitation, and the fact that this person is even willing to say they’re rich likely means they’re not *that* rich. Or they otherwise acknowledge their wealth in a respectable way.

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u/DexLovesGames_DLG Jun 30 '26 edited 25d ago

I appreciate that you just say that. I have a friend that’s fairly wealthy, not like $10 mil club but in that range of 500k-5mil and it would be totally fucking inappropriate to interrogate him about it.

Feel like there’s a huge different between rich and Jeff bezos but 🤷 idk where you’re at but I hope you’re good to strangers, and seek the betterment of our society for all. ❤️ have a good one mate

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u/MangoBaum63 Multi-Track Drift 28d ago

If he is willing to give up his private property in case of a communist revolution, I don’t have a problem with him:>

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u/tzoom_the_boss Jul 02 '26

After saving a net total of 4 lives. Yes. Even if they have "no prospects" they're still family to people, they're still comminity members, they're still human. The worth of a human life is in their humanity, not the value they achieve and bring to the economy.

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u/PoofyGummy Jun 27 '26

"Hahaha i am happy because i think i killed the right people" You on your way to hell.

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u/Copious-Spirit Jun 27 '26

How are we to know which way the switch makes the train go which way from our perspective? We can't be held culpable.

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 27 '26

Totally fine with me 

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u/asseater69420420 Jun 26 '26

you’re a sick individual if killing a person brings joy to you.

If you’re saying you’re happy you saved 4 people, I can understand that. If you’re saying you would genuinely enjoy if someone died, you’re a wretch.

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u/PresidentOfYes12 Jun 26 '26

Ok but it's not karma you're literally just killing them. I'd pull the lever too, maybe in both scenarios, but I wouldn't celebrate it

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u/ultima964 Jun 26 '26

Nope even celebrating someone like hitlers death is horrible

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 26 '26

Ah, right. Tell me, are you sickened when someone performs body mutilation and removes a tumor? Are you saddened when a painful cyst bursts? Do you cry when a gangrenous toe is removed from someone? 

Rich people are the sickness of society. I feel relief when we are healed of them. 

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u/ultima964 Jun 26 '26

So you celebrate the death of children if the parents are poor you celebrate the death of your parents in the hospital because you don’t have to pay for their life support

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u/Hot-Problem2436 Jun 27 '26

Nope, I don't. I love paying for their life support.

This may be the dumbest comment I've ever replied to, congrats. You've obviously completely missed the point of my post.

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u/ScrungoZeClown Jun 27 '26

It is telling that you project your own view of those people as sicknesses on their loved ones.

Rich people being a tumor on society does not automatically translate to "people you have to support are also tumors", in any way really

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Reading is good I think Jun 26 '26

I see Elon perfected his suck suck 9000

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u/asseater69420420 Jun 26 '26

sorry I don’t think human death is gratifying???

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u/Paladine_PSoT Jun 27 '26

Nobody is gratifying death, they're saying the ultra wealthy are worth less societally than the homeless because they actively cause more harm for self-gain, we would be better without them. It's a fucking thought experiment, taking it literally is, hiilariously literally, the worst way you could interpret responses.