@fimbres_paul@BlueRepublik I'll do the same in your scenario, but not this. This isn't blackmailing or self-sacrifice. I have no access to others' choices, and neither do they. I simply know someone I know might die and want to increase my loved ones' survival chances.
@BlueRepublik Sure. Blue failing = death. That doesn't mean the blue presser detached the button from death. The blue presser knows that if red wins, those deaths might apply to their family and loved ones, and is willing to risk their life to increase those chances of living./
@BlueRepublik Sure. Blue failing = death. That doesn't mean the blue presser detached the button from death. The blue presser knows that if red wins, those deaths might apply to their family and loved ones, and is willing to risk their life to increase those chances of living./
@BlueRepublik What do you mean death isn’t certain? People have made moves knowing they had a high chance of dying in order to save more. Your point that people defect because they’re afraid to die when they see a “real” example is simply not true in real-real-world case.
@BlueRepublik The fact that you can speak freely right now is because the people before you took risks and pressed the blue button and they faced an even higher bar.
@BlueRepublik Try this real-world example: If over 50% of the people press the blue button, they overthrow the dictator and gain democracy—everyone lives. But if over 50% press the red button, the blue pressers get publicly executed. Same 'death' you are talking about here.
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
@HistoryBoomer Firefighters are pressing the blue button in real life. And you think they do this just to feel noble? People who press blue (taking risks) in real life are the ones who push society forward. It's okay if you press red, you're just not one of them.
@waitbutwhy Blue button presser here. Sure, if we all press the red button, we all survive. What a button presser does is take a risk to benefit everyone, while knowing there are people who just care for themselves. Isn't that why humanity has come a long way and gotten stronger?
@farzyness 2016 洪習會, the same thing happened. TSMC still did not get stolen. @iingwen from @DPPonline was still elected as Taiwan’s president from 2016 to 2024. Now we have @ChingteLai, also from @DPPonline.
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@farzyness Taiwanese here. This is the trick China has been playing again and again. He wants everyone else in the world to think that Taiwanese people still want to be part of China, which is completely false.