• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I’m think you’re missing the point.

      You face three choices:

      1. Most death and harm, 50% chance of happening
      2. Less death and harm, 50% chance of happening
      3. Principled choice for no death and harm, but that practically makes choice 1 more likely to happen because it has 0 chance of happening.

      Choosing choice 3 is equivalent to choosing choice 1 because you’re contributing to choice 1 happening practically.

      Choosing choice 3 is directly creating more death and harm than choosing choice 2 and in that way is morally worse.

        • Franklin@lemmy.world
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          5 hours ago

          Typical, always there to tell people how it should be, completely detached from consequences

          • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            5 hours ago

            Yes, that’s typically how democrats are, but this time I think you’re gonna experience them with us. You’ll finally get a taste of that solidarity you’re always going on about from the comfort of your couch. See you on the protest line, comrade.