It matters to the risk/benefit calculations. Let's not kid ourselves to challenge some caricaturized narrative of a right-wing bogeyman, or reinforce some idealistic narrative about the worth of human life.
I mean this is not a debatable point. Studies on criminal behavior for example show that relative poverty massively increases the probability of risk-taking criminal behavior.
Jobs which pose high risk of serious injury and death also pay a premium for that risk, which shows there is an intimate relationship between resources available and willingness to take risks, which would typically make risk-taking less appealing to the wealthier party.
not everyone subscribes to this idea that rich people are worth more than poor people that you (apparently) believe in. so, no, it doesn't matter. perhaps it does to you, though.
I made no reference to how society should value people. I was referencing how much value people generally place on staying alive, and how personal wealth affects that.
People generally perceive themselves as having more to lose when they are rich than when they are poor, since people generally value wealth and the material comforts its affords them. Attacking me personally, by inferring sinister social views, for accurately describing reality is not a constructive way to engage with the world.
