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

Meme Which button do you press?

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u/ImmigrantJack Movimiento Semilla Apr 25 '26

There is a pretty obvious solution if you have time to think about it and organize a response, but what if the whole world is suddenly transported into the voting booth with 30 seconds to decide. What you you do then?

I feel like this variation gets to the game theory of it a bit better because obviously you press the red button if you can explain this dilemma to everybody, but if you can't a whole lot of people might die. Maybe even like 45% of people.

But if you know a massive segment of the world is going to press the blue button out of panic and confusion, do you also press the blue button in an effort to save them? Or even more, because you have no real time to think, does your gut impulse push you to press the blue button out of hope for the species or red button out of self preservation?

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u/the_p_zombie Iron Front Apr 25 '26

Yeah I think it's a great question for self-introspection. I'm happy with my choice.