• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Pretty good analogy for what a regular person finds themselves in US right now. You, an individual, has the same ability to “kill the driver” as that hypothetical guy in a dilemma.

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      3 days ago

      Except not, because you as an individual have zero ability to affect whether the trolley kills one or 5 in America. Your vote only matters in the context of everybody else, and if we’re doing mass movements, why not work towards a mass movement that will actual change things?