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I get that this is not the hill to die on in this meme, but the tracks should really be reversed.
This implies "doing nothing" will only sacrifice Palestine, while "pulling the lever" (i.e. voting) will sacrifice Palestine+all other at risk groups.
Otherwise, this really is a classic trolly dilemma. We can't stop the train and someone is going to get killed.
Right, and one of the main, basic ways in which one can consider the trolley problem is that, regardless of the difference in outcomes, pulling the lever makes you morally responsible for what happens.
That's hotly debated by moral philosophers and ethicists.
Yes that's my point exactly, people love to dogpile on anyone who doesn't jump at the easy consequentialist solution, but there are other valid interpretations