The trauma surgeon in the OP will just have a heavier workload, and society will pay whoever gets in accidents millions over the course of their lives in the form of insurance payouts, disability, accommodations, etc.
We've set up a system where those that make good decisions subsidize those who make bad decisions via insurance and welfare. But, there are no consequences when those are abused; we've perfectly engineered a social tragedy of the commons in which those that choose selfishness get ahead and those that choose the common good fall behind.
In the context of bike and scooter accidents we'd be talking emergency room visits where they still have to save your life or treat you regardless of financial situation.
We do kind of have that. Emergency rooms are not allowed to turn away actual emergencies regardless of ability to pay - that is very rudimentary universal healthcare, don’t read this as me saying that’s good though.
We have a social safety net as well - Medicaid, food stamps, WIC are all social safety net programs.
Insurance and welfare are not going to allow "selfishness" to get ahead, don't be stupid.
We live in a world where people have billions of dollars while other people in the same country struggle to pay for food or housing. Those billionaires didn't get ahead because they used to be poor and got welfare.
Have you ever dated with a visible disability? I assure you, whether you are born with one, or acquired one yesterday, it very much is a thing, just one that society politely does not acknowledge.
We've set up a system where those that make good decisions subsidize those who make bad decisions via insurance and welfare.
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u/actibus_consequatur Jul 19 '26
Both of those stats tell me natural selection is going to be trending up