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  • in famous thought experiment, named Trolley problem, do you call yourself murderer (genocider) if you decide to push the lever?

    Yes, even if it’s “justified” or “the most moral choice” or “the lesser evil” knowingly killing someone is still murder.

    Incidentally, the trolley problem is a poorly made though experiment. The fact that the only way it has to deal with “troll answers” that refuse its attempt to impose a false dichotomy is to say “that’s not allowed” or “just answer the question” should be proof enough that it doesn’t apply to real world “dilemmas” even as a metaphor.


  • I don’t believe this is likely.

    Your comparison with Venezuela here neglect just how vastly different the 2 situations are. Not only is Venezuela far weaker militarily, they are also far closer to the US and their only trade routes to Eurasia are by boat which the US navy can easily intercept. Meanwhile Iran is on the same continent as China and Russia’s immense supply chains and industrial bases, they have a huge industrial base of their own, they mostly make their own weapons, they have huge sea and land trade networks.

    Between the western economies making it clear to the whole world that they are now a sinking ship and the fact that even if the US can somehow block the maritime routes between Iran and China, Iran would still have land roads that the US has no ability to blockade whatsoever; making such a deal would make no sense for Iran.

    Yes, Iran would not win from a prolong fight with the US, but they not lose from it either, in fact they are likely able to sustain the attrition of that kind of fight for far longer than the US could, especially with Chinese and Russian supply chains being right there on the same continent as them.