• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        3 days ago

        The Tau are a Warhammer 40k faction that is notably full of less evil shittery the norm due to their adherence to “The Greater Good,” a utilitarian philosophy that for all the flaws the society has is practically utopian by 40k standards.

        Their fatal flaw is that they are a growing power in a setting already approaching doomsday, they simply do not have the time or power to stop such things as the Tyranids or Necrons… But, hey, neither does the Imperium, and those guys are definitely fucked in the head

        • Mango@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          This is the second time I’ve accidentally expressed interest in 40k, but at least this time it didn’t take me 10 minutes and some googling to digest the response. 🤣🤪

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Since a healthcare system does not have to be designed in such a way that people inevitably fall by the wayside, this depiction of the trolley problem seems to me to be a pretty US-American thing.

    I see it like this: the guy on the lever is also the CEO of a health insurance company and chooses the option of eliminating a competitor, accepting that his even more profit-optimized approach will lead to even more helpless people dying, which would not have been necessary if he had left everything as it was and not eliminated the competitor. The US thing about this is that there is no third option in the first place, where nobody dies because of the healthcare system. This very basic fact is not noticed, addressed or even criticized by anyone. Instead, even those who will die unnecessarily agree with the guy in charge in his decision to sacrifice them on the altar of higher profits because a hated person will die with them - they even agree with his statement that it would be for the greater good, instead of asking why it is even necessary for them to be tied to the tracks and run over.

    This seems odd to me, but is probably only logical if you’re used to seeing the healthcare system as a business like any other. I don’t really get it tho.