If the US were truly obsessed with safety, they'd ban guns and make cars much more inconvenient to own and use. As it is, any moron can buy a gun or drive a ca

If the US were truly obsessed with safety, they'd ban guns and make cars much more inconvenient to own and use. As it is, any moron can buy a gun or drive a car with pretty much zero training. As an American, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about: the US is by far the least safe society among developed nations. If you want to see risk-averse to a fault, come to Japan. US society is anything but risk-averse. It has its elements of risk-aversion (notably your helicopter parenting, which is actually completely absent here in Japan, as little kids routinely walk around alone here), but overall, it is anything but. I'd say the helicopter parenting is actually a reaction, by a portion of parents, to the extreme danger present in daily life in America. By contrast, no one blinks an eye here in Tokyo when little kids ride the subway by themselves because it's so safe.