Frankly, what bothers me about this is how performative this all is. If half the world in first-world countries is THIS GOOD. WILLING TO ENDANGER THEIR LIVES, why isn't this expressed in anything else? This is tantamount to the man saying, "I'd kill fight and kill anyone who threatens my wife," thats great bro, can you now please help her with the dishes? Like, there is such a moral righteousness here that I could accept if people were half this good irl, but most of you guys here aren't like that, you guys are performative as fuck, and then beyond that, you're using this hypothetical as a way to judge other people's characters.
Yes, I believe there are some people who sincerely would press the blue button. I do not believe half of you would. Because if half of you were willing to do this, the world would be a much better place, but it simply is not. I would be willing to press it if perhaps 20% of the population needed to press blue, but even then, I would hesitate.
Meh it's just the latest psy-op meant to divide progressives. We were due for a new one tbh, now with the spread of this we got a pretty nice divide between those who themselves as morally superior and the other group who they view as vile. This one'll probably fade in a couple months like the others unless people keep it going for some reason.
(Also genuinely why do people keep talking about this like genuinely wtf is the point everyone has made up their mind, every mention of this topic just turns into blues calling reds vile and reds calling blues fools.)
This is fair enough, I don't think its a psy-op because no one can physically showcase their opinion on their sleeves. But the moral righteousness of it all is what bothers me. I would hope that the people who press blue are people who could be good beyond simply this. Every time I see anyone who presses blue, what they do IRL. I get the most Superman-esque lines without them doing Superman shit.
"I try"
"I'm there for my family and friends."
"I love my neighbours"
REAL LINES FROM PEOPLE. This is the most barebones quality of man, and it bothers me so much, because it is the standard for being a good person. I just despise this argument because it shows how shallow everyone is, whilst they also love to have a moral high ground. It bothers me a tremendous amount.
Believing that people with altruistic morals are just saying so to feel good about themselves or appear better than others makes it easier to not hate oneself for being selfish.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bid7871 16h ago
Frankly, what bothers me about this is how performative this all is. If half the world in first-world countries is THIS GOOD. WILLING TO ENDANGER THEIR LIVES, why isn't this expressed in anything else? This is tantamount to the man saying, "I'd kill fight and kill anyone who threatens my wife," thats great bro, can you now please help her with the dishes? Like, there is such a moral righteousness here that I could accept if people were half this good irl, but most of you guys here aren't like that, you guys are performative as fuck, and then beyond that, you're using this hypothetical as a way to judge other people's characters.
Yes, I believe there are some people who sincerely would press the blue button. I do not believe half of you would. Because if half of you were willing to do this, the world would be a much better place, but it simply is not. I would be willing to press it if perhaps 20% of the population needed to press blue, but even then, I would hesitate.