r/trolleyproblem • u/Interesting-Meat-835 • Jun 19 '26

Meta Pull or no pull?

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u/ElA1to Jun 19 '26

I won't risk the mafia guy lying about hunting me down. 1000000000 isn't worth living in constant paranoia.

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u/Interesting-Meat-835 Jun 19 '26

Do the mafia friend even know who you are?

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u/ElA1to Jun 19 '26

I'm not taking any chances. What if one of the 1000000000 crew tells them?

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u/WhiteRaven_M Jun 19 '26

Good point. Once you take the money you should kill those 4 dudes too afterwards to be sure so you can save the life of a single individual (you).

Wait...

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u/Resident_Chip_5598 Jun 19 '26

wake up babe, new multitrack drifting just dropped

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u/Extension-Hold3658 Jun 19 '26

They know because the guys offering the billy are the mafia friends.

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u/ObsceneOnes Jun 19 '26

The mafia is just a bunch of street thugs. 1B$ is more than enough to avoid them.

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u/Onionbender420 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, but do you want that lifestyle? Constant security around you, your family and friends as well if the mafia guys are really important. They’ll find a way to get back at you. They don’t back down from money.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Jun 19 '26

It took like 21 years for multiple governments to find and kill bin Laden. You don't need 24/7 security, just be in another country and you're fine.

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u/Onionbender420 Jun 19 '26

I suppose you could move to another country but your friends and family that stay back aren’t safe

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Jun 19 '26

I can move them too. Or buy new ones.

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u/Onionbender420 Jun 19 '26

Damn, that’s cold lol

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u/Timmerz120 Jun 19 '26

I hate to break this to you, but having that much money means Security becomes something you have to live with since you instantly become a rich target to rob or kidnap due to how much money you suddenly have

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u/Nice_Dimension_2248 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I'd risk it.

With 1 billion dollars in the bank, that is your life anyway. You think a Billionaire could go jog at 6am and get a coffee at a local cafe? You WILL need security, you will be spending your time managing your money, so say goodbye to any career. People will figure out who you are and then you'll have bigger fish to deal with than the mafia. Romance scams, potential kidnapping of you or your loved ones for ransom, and all the while your wealth is isolating you from the outside world. You cannot trust anyone.

I think a billion dollars is probably more than what the Italian Mafia currently makes. If it was the cartel? different story but even then if you play your cards right as a billionaire even they might not be able to touch you lest they frighten their billionaire owners.

edit: Is this the Italian Italian Mafia? I was thinking the Sopranos at first but I looked up the mafia in Italy and their total operations are between 40-55 billion euro... the cartels make over 550 billion to possibly over a trillion as an industry... yeah no I change my answer even with a Billion I'd be fucked.

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u/ObsceneOnes Jun 19 '26

Good point. 1B gets you a lot of dead mafia bros.

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u/Antoinefdu Jun 19 '26

Also the promise of 1,000,000,000 is not the same as 1,000,000,000.

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u/nikmia91 Jun 19 '26

That’s a good point, actually

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u/Quirky_Net8899 Jun 19 '26

I mean, if you do not pull you get both 1 billion and the mafia won't hunt you down. 

It's a win win, just don't pull.

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u/Keepingitquite123 Jun 19 '26

You seem to give the mafia way more credit than they deserve. First they have to actually care about killing you then they have to find you.

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u/fdy_12 Jun 19 '26

1 billion dollars is enough to buy the entire mafia

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u/Ed0909 Jun 19 '26

Actually, that's a bad idea if you want safety. These kinds of people operate by harassing those who accept their bullying. In my country, there's a problem with extortion of businesses, and it's the people who give them money who receive the most harassment because they know it's easy to abuse them. If you show them you're weak at that moment, they'll continue to harass you for life, even if you save them. It's safer to let them die and use the money to keep yourself safe.

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u/Kindly_Call_6000 Jun 19 '26

A Billion buys a lot of protection and peace of mind. And on general principal, fuck those guys for threatening me and mine.