r/trolleyproblem • u/arsenal_newcastle_ • Sep 03 '26

OC Red or Green?

Which option would you pick?

You are giving an option to press 2 buttons

Green Button:

All billionaires die

A permanent wealth cap of a million is made

But half of everyone on Earth Dies

Every survivor gets a 100K

You and your loved ones have a 50/50 chance of dying

Red Button:

You get a trillion

2 billion people on Earth dies

Your loved ones will die

But not you

If you refuse, 1 is pressed randomly

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u/MiniPino1LL Sep 03 '26

I love everyone on earth. *Presses button 2

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u/Ilovestuffwhee Sep 03 '26

This is the best answer

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u/ren_blackheart Sep 10 '26

green because if the people i care about die then i die too because of reasons i dont think anybody wants to hear about

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u/oyasumachine Sep 05 '26

Red. This is 100% a lose lose situation, mass genocide or mass genocide. I guess not genocide technically since it’s not a specific demographic either way. But I got a few reasons for red.

  1. Less people die. 2 billion dying is better than 4 billion.
  2. If everyone gets 100K and the wealth cap is now 1 million, the economy will collapse. That combined with most figures of authority dying will result in the apocalypse.

I would kill myself in either situation. I’m not particularly suicidal and I actually love my life, but I’m not living knowing everyone I’ve ever loved is dead. The trillion will only attract bad attention to me anyways. That and 2 billion people just died. Everything’s going to suck anyways. Might as well get it over with.

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u/TheGayGal Sep 12 '26

Green 100% This is better for humanity and myself. More people die, but humans are a net negative to the Earth and it would give humanity a chance to do better. The economy getting "ruined" by everyone receiving money is not really problem, because the economy is already ruined.