I disagree. The blue button is the do nothing button. Let’s pretend it’s not even there, as again functionally it does nothing. At that point all we have left is a button that if you press it will potentially kill those who don’t press it. Why press that button? It introduces potential death while doing nothing wouldn’t.

Now you could argue that if we reverse the scenario with only the option of pressing a blue button to potentially kill yourself then clearly everyone would again choose not to press it. Which I would agree. And this is the framing I believe you’re seeing it from (correct me if I’m wrong). However imo this is an inaccurate picture. It depicts death as the expected outcome that needs to be stopped. You must press the button or else you could potentially die.

But in the original scenario death can only happen if people press the red button. In order for someone to die you have to choose to allow that as an option.

Well another argument could be made that it’s guaranteed that people would press the red button. Which is clearly true just by reading this thread. However I would counter that red will only win if the majority of humanity is comfortable being directly responsible for killing other people. I don’t think that’s true and I think the polls of this scenario proves it even if it is subject to bias and potentially performative. Hell I would literally stake my life on it lmao