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[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is the problem with the trolley problem.

If it were replaced with, say, being told to shoot one group or another by a sadistic guard, the possibility of refusing to choose would be more obvious in terms of what it means morally.

The trolley is an inanimate object. It isn't making choices.

Political parties are more like the sadistic guard. They are making choices.