The man with nothing, has nothing. If he is reckless, who cares? If he dies, he dies. He has a goal, but he doesn't care if he attains it. Even if he does as much as damage as possible, when he dies, he dies. And he doesn't care. There is no sense of loss- he felt that when he lost everything.

A man with something to lose, when he does lose it, goes off the handle. Possibly to self-mutilation, destruction of others, suicide. Or shutting themselves up forever. I'd rather die acheiving a goal, and knowing that no one will be affected by my passing, than see someone die and spend the rest of my sad life holed up in my home.