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I updated the trolley experiment now that the never ending flood of public shootings found a target...
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this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
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Killing an executive does not change this. It's asinine to think that it does and celebrate murder.
If you are looking at this as a philosophical victory, you do not know a fucking thing about the 'trolley problems'. Or philosophy.
I 100% get the anger at insurance companies. This is a fucking stupid take.
And there I agree with you. It's the trolley problem framing that is so infuriating.
As soon as people decide they can move the trolley with a bullet, a whole lot of people are gonna die. And the trolley will continue on unabated, because bullets don't do that.
You do have a point there. What I was predicting was that the targets would quickly become "anyone we don't like" and then the trolley comes for us all.
Lol, weren't you just complaining about people misusing the trolley problem.....and now you're worried about the trolley becoming the star of Steven kings Christine?
The trolley problem isn't a law or anything. It's literally just a tool for kids to explore questionable ethical dilemmas, and it doesn't really apply to the real world. Which means it's perfectly suitable for shit posting memes.
Democracy @ Work- Labor Unions and Political Power
Give it a watch. Hopefully it will give you another way of understanding this event.
The state used bullets (cops with a monopoly on the use of violence to shape societal behavior, elevating the power of the $ over individual voices in politics, etc) to keep the trolly on the tracks. Of course removing a conductor doesn’t stop a trolly in motion. But that’s not what this is about.
If you want to pretend that this event is about a healthcare CEO and healthcare policy you need to check your benefits to see if it includes vision. This is about trying to wake up the majority of wage slaves that earn for scraps by defending the top. And guess what? The general social reaction is showing that many people feel this way.
Takes like yours seem designed to get this event out of public consciousness as fast as possible.
How them boots taste?