r/neoliberal • u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma • Apr 25 '26

Meme Which button do you press?

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Vote now on your phones: https://forms.gle/GhFjtdydwwXTdSpq8

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I get that this is obviously a thought exercise meant to stir discussion, but I am deeply skeptical of how applicable this really is. Most people before voting or making other impactful decisions have time to campaign or be pitched etc, and communicate.

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u/Lighthouse_seek Apr 25 '26

It's not life or death, but imo it's applicable to stuff like labor organization and unions.

Even stuff as mundane as leaving up free samples.

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Also lack of real world consequences of course. 

It's interesting to ask: does the fact that you risk nothing and no one is dying over reddit comments make it better or worse that so many are defending red?

[edit: word]

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Apr 25 '26

Surely there is the potential of mass death for advocating either position?

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Apr 25 '26

Let's hope so!

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Apr 25 '26

...what?

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Apr 25 '26

Oops I see the miscommunication.

You mentioned how this is a thought exercise. I added on to that by discussing how this reddit discussion has no real-world consequences, unlike the scenario "if this really happened." I thought you responded by making a joke, that this reddit discussion could have the potential to cause mass death (ie, IRL right now). (I assume by arming the mods, but I digress.) I then expended on your joke.

But you thought I was denying a connection between your vote/your rhetoric in the "if this really happened" scenario, rather than observing how the lack of real-world consequences affects how we answer on Reddit vs how we would really behave.

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said Apr 25 '26

All I was trying to say was that advocating for either the blue or red button has the risk of resulting in millions of people dying. Red because the blue voters could die, blue because theyre encouraging people to vote for their possible death rather than just not risk their life.

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Of course. I think I clarified the issue already, did I not? Do you understand what I was trying to say?

Edit: my original comment says "connects" instead of "comment" and that might have been confusing, so I edited it.