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In Europe we do not have "safe places in colleges". It is an US phenomenon, that has nothing to do with risk aversion - on the contrary, it is based on the opti
by ivan_gammel 4y ago
In Europe we do not have "safe places in colleges". It is an US phenomenon, that has nothing to do with risk aversion - on the contrary, it is based on the optimistic assumption that society is generally mature enough to own firearms and you only need to mitigate some "edge cases". True risk aversion would be to regulate the gun ownership, education and welfare the same way as it is done in Europe, where mass shootings are much less common.
As for the interest rates, I don't really get how do you connect wealth and loss aversion here. Interest rates are not taxing wealth, in fact lower interest rates are resulting in lower yields and even in the reduction of the capital (e.g. Germans keep a lot of savings on their bank accounts, yet they have to pay for this service now thanks to negative interest rates).
- I_DRINK_KOOLAID 4y ago
- uxp100 4y agoSo safe spaces have nothing to do with firearms. It’s sort of a concept about the norms of conversation. So if a support group was a safe space it essentially means you’re not supposed to contradict people even if they’re wrong. Circa 2014 this was a big boogeyman, I think triggered by protests at a college in Mississippi (?) where the library was called a safe space for POCs, and white people where not allowed in, and some teacher fought a student to keep them out. That’s not what a safe space is, and uh, you’re entitled to use your schools resources, but anyway, I guess I think the above poster is driving at some symmetry there, but it’s pretty much unrelated to the conversation and only will derail it.
- ivan_gammel 4y agoThanks for the clarification.
- hash07e 4y agoWell you dont have free speech in Europe too. Because everything against the current narrative is "hate speech".
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