In reality it's the lever for the climate control inside the trolley

that's it, that's the post

  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are a few hundred thousand Palestinians tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. It appears that by pulling the lever, you can send the trolley down a track with no Palestinians tied to it. However, in order to pull the lever, you must re-elect Joe Biden, who sent the trolley in the first place. You have only two options:

    1. Do nothing, in which case the trolley will kill hundreds of thousands of Palestinians
    2. Pull the lever, re-electing Biden, and presumably saving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians

    You decide to pull the lever in order to send the trolley the other way. However, it turns out the wire connecting the lever with the railroad switch was cut. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are run over by conductor Biden.