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lierdumoa:

sailing-ever-west-deactivated20:

Image of a distressed-looking person with curly hair in the front window of a trolley, framed by red text that reads "we all know about the trolley problem." The words "trolley problem" appear to be dripping with blood.ALT
Red text that reads "An impossible scenario of life and death: who do you kill? One innocent orphan boy, or a group of wanted criminals?" accompanied by a drawing of split tracks with an orphan boy on the left and a row of criminals on the right. They are all tied with ropes.ALT
Red text that reads "Your elderly grandma? Or a child you don't know?" On the left is a drawing of a curly-haired smiling old woman, and on the right is a black-haired grinning child. Both have a red, dripping hole in the center of their chests.ALT
Red text that reads "we see it when we vote," then a drawing of a bloody hand with a pen above a ballot. The options are "Dr. Evil" and "Cruella D." The red text continues, "when we buy," with a drawing of another bloody hand holding red-stained cash.ALT
A drawing of a woman lying in bed looking up at her hands as they drip with blood, framed by red text that reads "we dream of it in visions of the apocalypse."ALT
A drawing of a person clutching their own hands, once again covered in blood. A red, dripping "X" is on their chest, and their face is splattered with red as well. They look deeply haunted, and they are surrounded by black scribbly shading. "But at some point," the red text reads, "when we are tired of choosing who deserves to be spared, it becomes relevant to ask..."ALT
A red background behind drawings of faceless people in black suits and white ties, only differentiated by head and facial hair. In the foreground is a fist at someone's side, dripping with blood onto doubly carved-in red text that reads, "who is tying people to the tracks?"ALT

the trolley problem vs. systemic oppression: a comic.

I want to remind people that questioning who is tying people to tracks does not untie the people who are already tied to tracks or stop the train in time to save them.

This isn’t to say you shouldn’t question who is tying people to tracks.

But asking a question does not negate the need for action. You still have to act now and choose whichever one of the shitty options currently available to you will result in fewer immediate deaths if you want to have the opportunity to ask questions in the future. Because in order for a question to be answered, it must be loud enough to be heard, and in order for it to be loud enough to be heard, enough people have to ask it, and in order for there to be enough people to ask it, those people have to be fucking alive. Dead people can’t question anything. They’re fucking dead.

Vote like lives depend on it, because they do.

Not only will refusal to vote do nothing to save anyone currently in imminent danger, but it will actually put more even people in danger in the future and make it even harder to save them.

You cannot stop the train from killing people by jumping out the train window yelling, “How did we get here!?”

You can, however, stop future trains from killing people by saving enough people from getting crushed now to organize a class action lawsuit later.