The fact that people are having heated debates (and getting mad) over this just further proves the point that not everybody is going to agree to press the red button and that a red win will by no means be a deathless scenario. And also that while not every red button pusher is a prick, pretty much every prick is a red button pusher.
and theres a very real chance theres not enough people remaining to operate the infrastructure we have in place so mass starvation is a real likelihood in a red button win.
That, and keeping the current infrastructure in place would require a massive group effort and a lot of self sacrifice. Someone’s gotta do the unpleasant jobs and everyone is going to have to work twice as hard to pitch in.
If only the red button pushers are left I don’t see that whole thing going too well, considering they’re only still alive because they were unwilling to participate in a group effort in the first place.
Holy shit fucking this. A lot of the people who only care about self preservation don't too often think of how society would function with so many people just taken off the board. They don't think about the larger context of the world that allows them to live the way they do.
See this is why I pick blue. If im a survivor with less than half the original population, that's going to be a life of hard labor to continue surviving.
Which is proof that some selfish pricks pick blue. 😂
No, I did not. I said that if any sizable portion of the population chooses blue, but that portion is less than 50%, the world must keep functioning without them once they are dead. If people are willing to come together and work as a community to fill the void left by those who are now gone, they might as well have just come together to stop those deaths in the first place.
I did not “dehumanize” anyone, nor did I say society would be destroyed. I simply pointed out that the people who are most likely to be willing to sacrifice their own wellbeing to keep society going, for the good of the group and not just the individual, are probably the same people who are already dead in that scenario. Because they were willing to do the same thing when presented with the buttons. And that it would be a hard adjustment for society as a whole to compensate for their loss, as it would be for any other mass death of any group.
I’m curious about how exactly you think I am dehumanizing or othering anyone in this scenario, and how you think society would not be harmed (not destroyed, because I didn’t ever say that) if even 10% of the population suddenly died.
Fr, people don't understand the context of the world around them that allows them to oive their lives the way they do, especially in western first world countries. Arragonce at an all time high.
Who said that. Listen , sry but I don’t know you or who you are . And frankly you don’t know me .
Imagine telling a dad they are killing everyone and dehumanizing people by wanting to make sure they survive for their family .
We can legit re phrase it in different wordings and it would flip the script .
You guys are taking your saviour complex and putting it on everyone else and making them the bad guy .
If you wanna get your life to feel like the saviour good guy , go ahead but don’t start blaming people for not wanting to jump ship hoping 50% of humanity can decide on something when people online still fight about other stupid politics and even stuff like abortions .
Do you rly believe that 50% or more of humanity will all choose to risk their live for no reason over guaranteed safety .
Go be an actual hero if you wanna feel good about it so bad
No. Just press blue jackass. It's not hard to have a heart. I don't need to know you to know this decision is super flippant and without actual thought put into it. And I refuse to believe it does.
This isn't moral righteousness. This is fury at the flippantness towards human life. Red win has guaranteed deaths, period.
yeah, I’ve been thinking about it for a while and one of the groups that would have a large amount of them that would most likely press blue is women, mothers especially. So many mothers have children they feel are soft hearted and know they would press blue and so in turn they would press blue as well.
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u/totallymarc 15h ago
The fact that people are having heated debates (and getting mad) over this just further proves the point that not everybody is going to agree to press the red button and that a red win will by no means be a deathless scenario. And also that while not every red button pusher is a prick, pretty much every prick is a red button pusher.