• batmaniam@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    16 hours ago

    Everyone get’s what they asked for. The thing about the ubiquitous trolley problem is it has clear outcomes. That’s why it works. Whatever’s happening down the track, here we are. We had a lever we didn’t pull. Best learn to live with the choice, because there was a choice.

    • callouscomic@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      15 hours ago

      Not true at an individual level. Where I live, no way of voting or not voting would have mattered. The same was true where I used to live years ago. In many places it’s clear my vote doesn’t matter every single time and the outcome would not have changed in most of the election categories.

      Therefore I do not actually have choice.

      • batmaniam@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        14 hours ago

        Sure, and same. Some of us in the US did get the luxury of protest vote. How’d you do in local? I’m not even a democrat. First time I voted down ticket.