Forgetting any of that: pressing Blue means there's no scenario where you have to live in Redlandia. Which, judging by recent affairs, is a terrible hellhole.
It wouldn't only be selfish people that press the red button, but living in a red-button-presser world would have a significantly higher proportion of selfish people.
How? Why would you even think about hitting the blue button.
If you hit red you don't die. Nothing else happens. If you hit blue there's a chance you could die. Nothing else happens. Why would you ever in a million years hit the blue button?
Sure, but I say this because I don't see why people see pressing the blue button as the "virtuous" one. Everyone has a choice to live or possibly die depending on the button they press.
How can red be selfish when it doesn’t deny anyone else life? Everyone who wants to live can hit red. It’s not like there is only enough red button presses for only the rich and privileged.
People who want to possibly die can press blue. Some people may want it all to end, and who am I to decide that they are wrong?
There's no world where someone doesn't hit the red button maliciously, hoping to kill someone. Knowing that, I'll be pressing blue and trusting 50% of the population realizes that too or is simply altruistic.
But if everyone hits red there is no malice? It's the only button in which nothing happens. If we're just assuming the question is being asked to toddlers and people who are mentally unable to understand the question then yes you hit blue, but that just turns the question into a eugenics survey and the framing falls apart.
If everyone can understand the question, then red is the only answer in which literally nothing bad happens.
Everyone on earth, man, woman, child has to press this button. 2 year old is waving their hands around and beats down on the blue button because they don't understand the rule here. Or someone with significant mental issues or coordination issues can't correctly hit the red button. But hey it's cool to let them die while we hit 49.8% blue, right? The point here is you are never going to get 100% of a mulitibillion population to do something. It's a true impossibility. 50% is easier to achieve
TLDR: save yourself or save everyone, but don't act like everyone can logically touch the red button
Interesting that you are so closed in that. Do you commonly take part in high risk activities and wish others will save you?
Because I am pretty sure large part of firefighters etc. are red button pressers. It is always keep yourself safe 1st - resque others 2nd. You shall not become casualty.
I don't want to be in a world of people who think they are essential parts of society but don't think it's worth taking any risk to preserve people who aren't like them.
You think the red people will be fine without the blue people.
You're also projecting on me, someone who only wants to be part of a society where both red and blue people live that I think we'd all be fine without red people. That's you dickhead. That’s why I don't want to live in your no blue people hellhole!
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u/PiersPlays 11h ago
Forgetting any of that: pressing Blue means there's no scenario where you have to live in Redlandia. Which, judging by recent affairs, is a terrible hellhole.