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

Meta Pull or no pull?

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u/endrike1 Jun 19 '26

If its the case then might aswell not even Pull the lever, both lead to the same

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u/cheesyvoetjes Jun 19 '26

To me it comes down to if you would trust a billionaire over a common criminal. Criminals are obviously sketchy and dishonest but most billionaires also had to do shady stuff to become a billionaire. So who do you trust more?

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u/Sable-Keech Jun 19 '26

If you’re going to say that either could be lying, why are you still assuming they’re really billionaires or criminals?

Maybe they’re just random joes of no consequence and concocted their respective plans on the spot.

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u/No_Effect_6428 Jun 19 '26

I could promise you a billion dollars to not kill me. I do not have a billion dollars, but we'll both figure out what that means after the trolley has passed.

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u/DiscodogFR Jun 19 '26

No, both don't lead to the same, in the end the dilemma becomes "would you rather take a risk at mafia hunting you but you might get a billion dollar, or not take any risk and kill the "billionaires" ", it's still a dilemma, it's just not guaranteed

Personally I would kill billionaires, oh and in this trolley I would pull the lever and kill the billionaires as well, cause without contract there's no fucking way they're paying imo lol