r/redbuttonbluebutton

All of humanity has been kidnapped and placed alone in a dark room with two buttons, and the following explanation perfectly translated into their native language.

🔴 : Ensures Survival, but will lead to half of blue pressers dying if more that 1/3 of people press this button.

🔵 : Everyone lives if 2/3 of people vote for Blue, but half of people who vote Blue will die if the threshold is not reached.

Everyone can only press one button once before both buttons break and becomes unpressable. Everyone is given 10 hours to vote, and if anyone chooses not to vote for any reason (including incompetence), then they are randomly assigned a button (2/3 chance of getting Blue, 1/3 chance of getting red.)

All of humanity means every living human being. There have been no exceptions for any reason.

Everyone has all of this information, and everyone is given 2 full hours to fully comprehend all of this information before they are allowed to start voting.

So, how do you vote?

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The only reason people are dying, is because they are pressing blue. Listen, if everybody pressed red, we all live. If everybody presses blue, we all live. But neither is going to happen, and this reddit post isn't gonna change anything. It's gonna be a 50-50 if you ask people on the internet where they are not anonymus. But people are selfish. They will pick red, they will want to not have a risk of dying because there are people like them. We all can press red and band together!

This question is geared more towards blue voters

Lets assume prior to you casting your vote vote your mom rushes in and hits the red button taking away your choice because she can't stand to lose you. Would your mother have done anything immoral?

If yes, would your answer change after you find out red wins?

I was thinking about it and I wonder if anyone's answer changes if what button you push now appears over your head for the rest of your life.  

This really only applies to the red button people IF the blues are the majority, because if most people push the red button they'd be the only ones left.  

But if most people pick the blue button, would you be fine walking around where everyone knows you pushed the red button?

Two candidates are running for office in a democratic system. If elected, they will do the same things as the buttons would have and nothing more. Voting is mandatory for everyone on Earth. A simple majority wins.

Blue candidate: “If I win, I won’t kill anyone.”

Red candidate: “If I win, I will ensure the swift deaths of everyone who didn’t vote for me.”

Would this affect your color choice or feelings about your color choice? Why?