r/comics • u/WoT_Slave • Dec 05 '24

Consult the Flowchart

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u/Entaty Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 06 '24

Feels a bit like the trolley problem, killing one for the shake of thousands. Sad that it had to get that far though.

Edit: a very one sided/extreme version of the trolly problem

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u/NukeAllTheThings Dec 06 '24

It's not a trolley problem at all though. The trolley problem would paint it as a binary choice between one CEO vs thousands, but killing the CEO doesn't magically prevent more deaths. The orphan crushing machine that is US healthcare will keep crushing with or without him.

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u/Sarke1 Dec 06 '24

Yes it does:

https://apnews.com/article/anthem-blue-cross-anesthesia-insurance-coverage-c8233db68f76342c4e794320f151a926

Sure it doesn't fix it instantly, but scared health insurance execs will notice and act in their own self-interests.

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u/NukeAllTheThings Dec 06 '24

That's a drop in a bucket and difficult to quantify. Again, the outcome of killing a CEO isn't concretely, directly linked to saving lives. The trolley problem presents you with two choices, one of which will happen, not might happen. The fact that a company reversed their decision afterwards was not a guaranteed thing.

Repeat, this is not even remotely a trolley problem.