For a while I just chalked it up to the younger generation being weaker and more coddled. A downstream effect of helicopter parents and participation trophies.
To some extent that is true for Millenials. Gen Z and younger though? Different story. Most especially when it comes to young white men.
They have it much harder than I did as far as economics are concerned. They are coming along in a world where the dream of owning a home is a distant hope. Building wealth is going to be extremely difficult. They'll likely have to do so without a decent partner. Young women are, as I heard it put recently, "fundamentally unwifeable". Their expectations are through the roof when it comes to men. The man has to be six foot or taller and make six figures or they won't even give them a shot at a serious relationship. Meanwhile they are banging others that are pure trash. Finding a young traditional women is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Young white men have economic headwinds exacerbated by DEI. They aren't going to get the same chances at jobs and even if they get a job they run a high risk of never being promoted because HR has to follow some diversity goals. They end up with a boss that is less experienced and less qualified. They are being told that they are to blame for all the world's ills. Every TV show and commercial either ignores they exist or makes them out to be fools. It goes on and on and never stops. I usually never watch commercials but I have been because of the NCAA tournament. It's the only sport I care anything about on TV. Watching the commercials, you'd think that the white male population has all but been erased.
That kind of nonstop negativity is hard on people. Even I'm getting a bit tired of it and I'm old enough to not have all the worries a young man has. What most people seem to forget is that a man gets his strength from his family. People can say whatever they want about being a double income no kids household and how great it is. Quite frankly, that is nonsense. A family is what gives a man purpose. Without it, even a successful man might question what all the effort is for.
So, I understand why some people are just giving up. I don't think they should, but the old canard about pulling yourself up be your bootstraps isn't as applicable anymore. Opportunity for the American Dream is much less than it was even 20 years ago.
As a result, a lot of young men have decided to simply drop out of life. They sit around, smoke weed and play video games. Or they settle and find whatever female companionship they can even though the girl is just about insufferable to be around because she's completely programmed to be a social justice warrior.
People can blame young men all they want to. But the cold truth is, statistically speaking, the young women are the problem. The young people are not even remotely on the same page. When they can't agree on a path forward together, there is no path. And the way the liberals operate today, there is simply no tolerance for opposing views.
