The lever is powered by AI
This is a depiction of John Rawl’s “Veil of Ignorance” concept. Where to properly considered whether a society is just, you must consider that may be placed in any part of it.
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Accurate
except the trolley takes 75ish years to kill you.
That’s ok, guy at the lever and the rest of his buddies are working to accelerate that process
If you’re lucky! Many die young from the prioritization of profit over public safety.
The lever be slackin. Let’s get this over and done with
So like a normal lifespan?
Something I never got about the “tied up on train tracks” trope is that the victim is never tied to anything. Can’t they just wiggle out of the way?
i think what is going on here is making an example. This is not a moral problem with some kind of inevitability. This is an execution that is trying to make a point
Honestly, I usually saw this alongside Wile E. Coyote style antics performed by someone literally twirling a mustache, so I was never looking for consistency!
And less charitably, the character tied rarely seemed to do more than protest delicately even when she wasn’t tied…
