• RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    Late-stage capitalist trolley problem:

    There’s a trolley, but no one is one the tracks. Do you:

    a) Allow the trolley to pass by without incident, and thus rob the medical industry of its paycheck for stiching you back up

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    b) Jump in front of the trolley and get injured, but thus also delay its arrival to its destination and thus rob the trolley company shareholders of profits due to missing customers

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    No, I’ll publish opinion articles about trolleys causing problems, blame some marginalized group like homeless, and organize protests, appeals to politicians. NOW the trolleys got a real problem

  • TouchMacaque@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    My Belgian step-neighbor did this in Cameroon once and everyone was so mad, they wrote instrumental songs about him for years. They were the most beautiful songs in the world, unfortunately they were lost to time and I never got to hear them.

  • eli@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Reminds me of my workplace (I’m the trolley and others are jumping on the tracks)

  • Fear_and_loathing@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Is this in reference to ICE and Renee Good, because I think we know what that ICE agent decided? Create a problem so they can pull the trigger.

  • Sunflier@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    With the big money controlling everything, it’d be a cheaper way to go out than bankrupting your estate with a hospital bill and denial of care from insurance.