It is the difference between a 1st world high trust society and a 3rd world low trust society. If you knew the group well you’d all pick blue. If you did not trust your neighbors you pick red.
You’re also missing red’s neg, you have to live with the guilt of killing blue by cowardly (or strategically) not exposing yourself to risk.
To be fair, we don’t know how the story ends. It’s very likely the good guys will win.
George is actually a huge fan of Lord of the rings and token he particularly likes how Frodo’s journey was super hard and fundamentally breaks him.
I used to be a George hater too, but we have to have Grace until the story is done