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I was thinking about this actually. I wondered if a more 1950s expectation would be that people would be far more high-trust and willing to press the blue button (to avoid potentially harming their neighbors), but actually I'm not so sure about that. The red button would still likely be pressed, simply because a high trust society would assume you wouldn't take the gamble. And if you were willing to take the gamble, your choices would likely be as bad in other areas, i.e. the red scare or something similar.But the argument would basically be that if you press the red button you are saying you have no trust and are willing to kill a lot of people
This again falls into "death gamble" or "nothing happens". A high trust society actually gives/has a lot of trust because the assumption is that your neighbors make the right choice. An example would be that I don't lock my doors because I trust that my neighbors wouldn't choose to enter my home without my permission. If you are choosing to make the bad choice, it says more about you than the other person's trust or lack thereof. BUT, if I know my neighbor is prone to poor decisions, my trust is lessened and my empathy for him is subsequently lowered if his bad decisions lead to bad outcomes. I have trust in those that choose like I do, not in those that don't.


