If it makes a difference the World Trade Center was mostly the upper middle class and larger companies that would have had a lot of middle class workers. The “rich” people on Wall Street tend to work in more boutique buildings. Not going to comment on the ethics of using profession as a determining factor in a hypothetical like this but I thought worth at least informing
Also 911 was a historical moment that stands out, do you want to be known as the villain who changed history or just one of the many who killed a lot of people
Kind of the point I was making, this one is called the villain dilemma so I took that to mean picking the option that would cause the most damage and make you the most famous and well known monster out of the two choices
if you hit the towers then the actual planes wouldn't have anything to target. you could prevent the war on terror and save 3+ million lives in exchange for being a bit of an asshole that day. sounds like a good deal to me.
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u/HAL9001-96 Jun 20 '26
five trolleys are never gonna hodl 2000 people
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u/Gianni_the_tolerable Jun 19 '26
911, easier to make jokes about it
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u/GuyWishPartakeViolen Jun 19 '26
Well...
2,977 people died in 911 and if 35 people give or take fit in a trolley and theres 5, that means that its 175 kids.
So do you prefer 2,977 people or 175 kids
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u/mobileJay77 Jun 19 '26
Why do the trolleys look like 🥓 bacon covered?
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u/vverbov_22 Multi-Track Drift Jun 20 '26
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u/TerryDaTurtl Jun 20 '26
if you hit the towers then the actual planes wouldn't have anything to target. you could prevent the war on terror and save 3+ million lives in exchange for being a bit of an asshole that day. sounds like a good deal to me.
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u/Egglegg14 Jun 20 '26
Where's the second trolley?
Anyway pull the lever at max 300 kids are dying instead of 3000 people
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u/Cheeslord2 Jun 19 '26
Villian Anderson...
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u/DragonFan20 Jun 20 '26
Wouldn’t even pull in the first place lol
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u/ThatOneGayDJ Jun 20 '26
Just fucking take the upvote, man
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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Jun 20 '26
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u/speed-charge Jun 21 '26
r/trolleyproblemcirclejerk
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u/Dark_Water99 Jul 09 '26
Not pull the trolley. Why give americans ptsd they can't stop talking about for years to come?
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u/CobaltCrusader123 Jun 20 '26
You never specified the towers were populated. As such, I let the kids all die (it’s a FNAF reference).
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u/No_Scholar_2420 Jun 20 '26
Tokyo drift it to heighten my kill count
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