Imagine you have a big red button in your house
Poll - Total Votes: 13
I would never press this button
I don't know how I'd react to living with that button for years, but I wouldn't press it at first
I would only press it in an emergency or very dire situation. I'd feel very guilty.
I would press it occasionally when things are difficult. I'd feel a little guilty
I'd quit my job and live off the button, but I'd try not to be excessive about it.
I'd hit that button like a speedbag until I was a multimilionaire and not feel bad at all
Other?
You can only vote on one answer.
And every time you press this button, it deposits $100 into your bank account. You may press it as often as you like, there are no consequences to you. The government is aware that you have this button and has declared it to be totally legal and tax exempt.
But every time you press it and get that $100, some random person somewhere in the world loses $100. It might be a rich person who won't even notice it's missing, or it might be a struggling person who really needs it to get by. It might be some poor person in a third world country and that $100 was their life savings. The button only takes money from people's personal assets. Never money from corporations or governments.
You can't get rid of the button either. It's always there, on the wall next to your front door. If you move, it moves with you.
Be real with yourself, be totally honest: How much would you press that button?
But every time you press it and get that $100, some random person somewhere in the world loses $100. It might be a rich person who won't even notice it's missing, or it might be a struggling person who really needs it to get by. It might be some poor person in a third world country and that $100 was their life savings. The button only takes money from people's personal assets. Never money from corporations or governments.
You can't get rid of the button either. It's always there, on the wall next to your front door. If you move, it moves with you.
Be real with yourself, be totally honest: How much would you press that button?
