you're conflating "refusing to play" with "choosing not to pull the lever." choosing not to pull the lever still accepts the framing. it still says "these are the only tracks, this is the only lever, so my only choice is yes or no."

actual refusal means rejecting the premise entirely. it means organizing outside the trolley and/or building a world where the trolley doesn't run in the first place.

you say there's no magical third choice. that's exactly what people said to the abolitionists and the suffragettes and to everyone else who ever refused a rigged game, but built a new one anyway.

so no, refusing to play isn't playing along. it's the first real move anyone makes when they stop believing the lever is the only tool in existence.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And when confronted by this truth, those who choose the lesser evil devolve into insults, knowing their argument holds no moral weight, as evidenced by the other replies to you.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

this person and one other have replied to me; they're avoiding interacting with me. lol