Followup question: if someone was about to be placed in front of that red button, would you rather it be someone who had previously expressed the same opinion, or someone who had credibly committed to retaliate in case of a nuclear strike (however useless or foolish such retaliation might be)?
Conversely, if someone were to be placed in front of the corresponding red button of a country your leaders were about to launch a barrage of nuclear weapons against, which category would you prefer they be in?
Followup question: if someone was about to be placed in front of that red button, would you rather it be someone who had previously expressed the same opinion, or someone who had credibly committed to retaliate in case of a nuclear strike (however useless or foolish such retaliation might be)?
Conversely, if someone were to be placed in front of the corresponding red button of a country your leaders were about to launch a barrage of nuclear weapons against, which category would you prefer they be in?