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The event I'm discussing was pretty much all locals and has nothing to do with tourism, but that is completely beside the point. Googling for 'event where guys
by indubitable 9y ago
The event I'm discussing was pretty much all locals and has nothing to do with tourism, but that is completely beside the point. Googling for 'event where guys drive bikes around circular wooden structure' to even see if I could find it online gave me Burning Man, though the second hit - what wiki calls a 'Wall of Death' is correct. Though, then googling for 'Wall of Death' gives me metal concerts. Anyhow, that's a tangent - but one I found amusing!
It absolutely is the duty of the government to clamp down on fraudulent and deceptive behavior. However, I do not see at as the role of the government to clamp down on behavior that two individuals mutually consent to with a shared understanding of the risks involved, so long as that behavior stands a negligible chance of impacting non-consenting individuals. And as mentioned, this could include things like requiring private health insurance of the deal might involve one participant or the other injuring themselves since requiring public healthcare would enter into the realm of impacting non-consenting individuals. Be stupid if you want - society doesn't pay for it though.
Danger itself is not inherently exploitative. If anything, I suspect exploitation may be rarer in dangerous fields than other simply because adrenaline is something many people live for -- and if you don't then you're probably not going to get involved in whatever career path has you careening one handed around wooden structures. That's not something most people could do, even if they wanted to. For example wingsuiting is incredibly dangerous, incredibly fun, and can be incredibly lucrative for the top few through sponsorships and advertisements. But it's obviously not little guys just trying to feed their families; for the most part it's also primarily something only people who are pretty well off can even get started in.