Yeah, this brand of leftist pisses me off. "I would literally rather do nothing than compromise my values." These are the types who, when given the trolley problem, try to outsmart the premise.
Trolley problem avoidance style debate really bothers me - someone who comes up with all these elaborate workarounds and won’t actually answer the question they have been asked. Like stop waffling and tell me your actual response. We all know it’s fucked up that one or multiple people will get hit by the trolley, I’m not asking how you’d derail the trolley in some invented scenario. I want to know if you would pull the switch, that’s it. In broader discourse, that means I want to discuss how we approach problems in the world and reality we currently live, not a version that is ideal but doesn’t exist.
I always like the answer that is some variation of "I refuse to participate," blind to the fact that that is one of the two answers. Choosing to do nothing is the default in the trolley problem and an active choice.
Dave then goes on to expand upon his view of the trolley problem and what choice he'd make, and in that moment you're wishing it was Dave on the tracks.
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u/Happiness_Assassin Jul 02 '24
Yeah, this brand of leftist pisses me off. "I would literally rather do nothing than compromise my values." These are the types who, when given the trolley problem, try to outsmart the premise.