[a character holds a lever connected to rails, on which a train is approaching fast]
A train is approaching fast…
Many people are tied to the tracks…
As a bystander, I can do only one thing in this current moment: flip a lever, which would send the train to another track where it would also kill people, but less of them

[next to another separate railway track, someone is trying to get the first character’s attention]
Hey you, over there, look!
There is a third track here!
It is not connected to the other tracks, but there are zero people tied to it, so if you do not choose to send the train on this third track right now you are an evil genocide enabling liberal

https://thebad.website/comic/third_track

    • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      This depends on how many members of governors you have. Some have one passenger, some have hundreds of them.
      Small price to pay for when we are at stake.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        5 days ago

        You’re forgetting all the regular folks, citizens and noncitizens alike, who are packed into the cars behind the government officials in the engine car. The violent act harms everyone. And you aren’t offering any way forward they can access, even if they survive the train wreck.

        • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
          4·
          5 days ago

          You’re forgetting all the regular folks, citizens and noncitizens alike, who are packed into the cars behind the government officials in the engine car.

          Who?

          The violent act harms everyone

          Then why aren’t you condemning the government itself? The very monopolist on violent? Why are governments allowed to commit violence on everyone?

          And you aren’t offering any way forward they can access, even if they survive the train wreck.

          What are you talking about? Are we in the same metaphor?

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        5 days ago

        I’m talking about the ordinary people being pulled along behind, whether they’re in the dining car, regular seats, or packed into a cattle car.

        • audrbox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          2·
          4 days ago

          I mean, I’d really love to find a way to save everyone on the tracks and on the train (especially since I’m probably on the train in this metaphor, i.e. benefiting from empire). But if the train is going to keep running innocent people over if drastic action isn’t taken, I’m in favor of doing whatever is necessary to stop it.