You get one billion dollars, but 10,000 people's lives are destroyed. Take the deal?

[Braznor]

You get a chance to commit white collar crime to the tune of a billion dollars. You walk scotfree and with an unbleminished reputation from your crime. But the lives of ten thousand people (shareholders or small time creditors or employees etc. take your pick) are destroyed by your crime.

Most of them will either take to crime, become homeless or even commit suicide, but you walk free with a tax free billion in an offshore account. Remember its all or nothing.

Will you take it or will your conscience not allow you to do it?

 

[vshah]

can i maybe take 1 million and only ruin one person's life?

 

[Sonikku]

You get one billion dollars, but 10,000 people's lives are destroyed. Take the deal?

Deal. :thumbsup:

 

[Mayne]

Nope. I wouldn't.

 

[Braznor]

can i maybe take 1 million and only ruin one person's life?

Its all or nothing.

 

[amdhunter]

HELL YES. Where and when do I sign up?

 

[smackababy]

Define destroyed? Do you mean financially ruined or actually destroyed?

Regardless of that, I'd do it. Being homeless in America is a lot better than having a home in some countries. They will be okay. And if not, who cares? Can't hear them from my yacht!

 

[dank69]

You'll pay me how much to destroy 10000 ATOT members? I'd do it for free!

 

[Sonikku]

Also it will help curb the surplus population. Scrooge McDuck would take that deal.

You guys think you're cooler than Scrooge McDuck? I think not.

 

[smackababy]

Also it will help curb the surplus population. Scrooge McDuck would take that deal.

You guys think you're cooler than Scrooge McDuck? I think not.

I do think, if I had a billion dollars, I'd fill a swimming pool with coins and swim in it! Physics be damned!

 

[Newell Steamer]

No way.

I disapprove of greedy actions that harm many, just for the benefit of one person.

 

[vshah]

No way.

I disapprove of greedy actions that harm many, just for the benefit of one person.

It's all in good fun.

 

[darkewaffle]

Depends on the definition of 'destroyed' really. But probably wouldn't.

 

[Jeeebus]

Do I get to choose the 10,000? I have a lot of enemies. Getting paid $1 billion to ruin them sounds like an ok deal to me.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Like a wiseman once said, "they must've done something to deserve it. I'll just help karma out"
But seriously? No.

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

Yes, instantaneously

 

[smackababy]

Everyone saying no is a liar. I'll go ahead and say it. If a billion dollars in cash was laid before you, you'd not walk away because of your "principles". 10,000 nameless, faceless people being "destroyed" so your family is secured for a few generations? Please. You'd take the money. You might feel bad about it, but you'd still take it.

Altruism sure sounds great on the internet. In real life, not so much.

 

[Vdubchaos]

No way.

I disapprove of greedy actions that harm many, just for the benefit of one person.

x2

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yes, because I'd then use most of the billion to save far more than 10,000 lives.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Everyone saying no is a liar. I'll go ahead and say it. If a billion dollars in cash was laid before you, you'd not walk away because of your "principles". 10,000 nameless, faceless people being "destroyed" so your family is secured for a few generations? Please. You'd take the money. You might feel bad about it, but you'd still take it.

Altruism sure sounds great on the internet. In real life, not so much.

It's rather short sighted to deny the existence of a moral compass because you lack one, no?

 

[Orignal Earl]

“How could I have done this? I was making a lot of money. I didn’t need the money. [Am I] a flawed character?”

 

[Fritzo]

I don't think I could take the money if one person's life was destroyed.

 

[lozina]

You are all just NPCs living in my world, giving it a sense of reality. So yeah, we can rid of 10,000 of you to enrich my gaming experience. The matrix can just generate another 10,000 of you again anyway.

 

[Pocatello]

Yes. With the $1 billion, I'm going to ruin more lives just for the fun of it.

 

[moonbogg]

You get a chance to commit white collar crime to the tune of a billion dollars. You walk scotfree and with an unbleminished reputation from your crime. But the lives of ten thousand people (shareholders or small time creditors or employees etc. take your pick) are destroyed by your crime.

Most of them will either take to crime, become homeless or even commit suicide, but you walk free with a tax free billion in an offshore account. Remember its all or nothing.

Will you take it or will your conscience not allow you to do it?

No thanks. I didn't realize those were the terms before I voted YES. I wouldn't be happy with a billion if my conscience was dirty. It would make the money dirty and everything I bought with it dirty.
If I could get the money in a business deal where others suffered, I could think my way into agreement by telling myself I'd use the money to help others. Hate to say it, but it would be nearly impossible to say no to such a deal.