Post #2846434
2026-05-18 11:17 UTC
In my current situation (ok economically but not without worries), wouldn’t fucking take a million, nor a billion for that matter. It is not like all my consumption habits are %100 devoid of someone else’s suffering or maybe even death, indirectly. But having a vague idea about bad effects of consumption habits vs knowing it will be a direct cause of death is two completely different things imo. On the otherhand if my life or a loved one’s life depends on that money, that is a harder question and I don’t think I can really know the answe withiut going through it and deciding.
Ok now lets to do billionaires but 100mil and ten thousand people in a far away country dies.
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@JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 2026-05-18 14:44
I think a billion id take because you can save thousands and thousands of people I could live with that choice. Maybe in the end I’d feel so guilty that I wouldn’t even use the money for myself at all. Which is an interesting debate as well. How does your answer change if you can’t use that money for you or known people at all, and only “for good”. Do you feel less guilty? As another commenter said it’s just a different version of the trolley problem