• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Where’s the lever that derails the train?

    Why do you help distract people from finding the derail lever by shaming them for not pulling the “kill more people” lever?

    • ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one
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      I’m not shaming anyone for trying to derail the trolley. I’m shaming them for pretending there’s no way to slow down the mayhem while they look for that permanent solution.

      As far as the lever that derails the trolley, we haven’t found it in the over a century we’ve been aware it exists. It is somewhere, we will find it. But it is a very real possibility that you and I will not live to see it flipped. So for today, we drag individuals off the rails and slow the machine down where we can. Because it is what is clearly within our power. In those actions, we may find the lever. But we willsave lives.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      There’s no lever to derail.

      There’s no reason to kill people quickly while you two to derail the trolley in the meantime.

      Of course, now the trolley I’m guessing you’re referencing in the meme has the lever jammed to red, so either it doesn’t matter any more. The point is moot.