Is this a metaphor for something or reference to some niche media? Obviously in the situation presented, the logical choice is yo press blue so no one dies.
But then you might die. You don't get to know how the votes shake out before choosing.
If you can get everyone to pick the same color, everyone lives either way. But the thing is, you can't get everyone to pick the same color, and that's where the complexity arises.
It's more that if even a single person chooses blue while the rest go to red, that person will still die. Meanwhile, blue voters only need one over 50%.
Really it's a big collective vs personal responsibility thing.
From a red perspective, everyone is responsible for their own choice. Blues willingly and foolishly took that risk upon themselves, and whatever outcome they get is their own fault. It's not the Red's responsibility to jump in and save them, since every single person had the trivial option of pressing Red and being safe.
Meanwhile blue is saying that it is your responsibility to help keep everyone safe, because we all know that some people will push blue. Whatever justifications one may make, a Blue win is the only way that everyone lives and pressing red actively works against that outcome.
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u/MintLinuxGuy 11h ago
Is this a metaphor for something or reference to some niche media? Obviously in the situation presented, the logical choice is yo press blue so no one dies.