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In my experience, value for life (both peoples' own life, and the life of others) is directly tied with wealth. That is to say, poor people don't value living
by toomanybeersies 5y ago
In my experience, value for life (both peoples' own life, and the life of others) is directly tied with wealth.
That is to say, poor people don't value living as much as rich people do. They're more likely to engage in behaviour that endangers their own life and the lives of others.
- smabie 5y agoThere's a good reason for that: life is cheap among poor people and poor countries because they have little to lose and a lot to gain. The payoff is asymmetric for violence, so it's a rational trade.