Serious question: is it "risk" when you have literally nothing to lose?
Re:The privilege of risk
by colemannugent on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:05PM
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No, I guess a corpse has nothing left to lose.
Short of death, everyone has something to lose. Risk is the ratio of cost to benefit. And as long as the cost and benefits of some action are non-zero then there is a risk.
Re:The privilege of risk
by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @05:46PM
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Didn't almost all of our founders come from privilege?
Re:The privilege of risk
by stretchwithme on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @10:01PM
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The settling of the country started many decades before the founding of the United States. The Pilgrims arrived in 1620, 156 years before independence was declared.
The US was not settled by privileged people who could go back and live with their parents. Many came with absolutely nothing.
Having grown up poor myself, I find it strange to have people classify me as privileged. They see success and make up their own story about it. The ideas they've accepted are more important than the real world.