This is the reason Americans are losing their edge. There is heavy risk aversion. It is a cultural dead-end. Risk needs to be counterbalanced by securities, but

This is the reason Americans are losing their edge. There is heavy risk aversion. It is a cultural dead-end. Risk needs to be counterbalanced by securities, but risk cannot altogether be avoided. Avoiding risk has a very heavy intended punishment. The other side of the same coin is also not good, to take too much risk. But all in all, current American culture looks insane from a distance. Especially concerning how kids are reared. Recipe for drug addiction and depressions.