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As amusing as this train (ha) of thought is, I’d like to add that the Trolley Problem isn’t so much about who’s fault it is that people died, but about the best course of action when in a situation where you have to choose between two evils. In this situation would it be bad to intervene and by doing so condemning others?

Keeping with The Good Place references, I’d like to imagine this post as op standing on the trolley screaming: ‘Who designed this trolley without an emergency break!’ while driving over five people.

Hey so the trolley problem is dumb because the real person at fault for any of the deaths is the person who designed the trolley without an emergency braking system, the people who put in the purchase order for a trolley without an emergency braking system, the people who approved a PO for a trolley without an emergency braking system, the people who delivered a trolley without an emergency braking system, the organization that inspected and certified a trolley without an emergency braking system,and the operator who did not make a huge stink about being assigned to a trolley without an emergency braking system.

Whether you pull the lever is irrelevant, because a whoooole mess of people fucked up for you to be in that hypothetical situation.

Seriously, like, as a professional engineer, I find the premise of the trolley problem offensive. Cause like, so many safety regulations have been violated that it's just... insane.