Most safe spaces today are much like almond milk, trying to pass as regular milk.
Or even Soy milk, supposedly healthy but chock full of phytoestrogens.
Your martial arts photo also brings to mind all of the "Black Belts" in modern Murica. While there are a few who actually earn them, most are merely the participation trophies of the businesses selling confidence and the illusion of being able to defend yourself (as long as you're defending yourself against someone who also has a participation black belt).
Is it just confirmation bias on my part or do you also see a correlation here to John Glubb's "Age of Intellect"?