• @NevermindNoMind
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    581 year ago

    You can stop the trolly anytime, but it’s unfair for the people not on the train tracks.

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      • @Deuces
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        261 year ago

        It’s the same metaphor though. Helping a group of people doesn’t hurt a different group. Did they make a decision based on whether they expected to get help: yes. Does providing that help against that expectation hurt them: no.

        It’s an especially good metaphor because nobody is even talking about taxing tradies to fund the relief.

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          • Sentrovasi
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            Can’t they do both? Do they still need to kill all the people on the tracks? That part of the argument isn’t coherent.

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              • @[email protected]
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                It’s not a substitute for actual action. But in the meantime, it’s at least better than doing nothing.

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