This seems like a pretty textbook case of capitalist alienation. As jobs and wages get worse, American men can’t rely on them to back their sense of self and purpose like they used to.
How would we fix this under socialism?
Free college. Counseling. Community focused outreach and events to encourage socialization. Jobs programs that meet people, determine their skills, either refer them to further education if that’s what suits them or refer them to a selection of jobs.
well…socialism would fix most of those things
free education
would give them something to do with their brains
assign to them the job that capitalism doesn’t see as “profitable” but it’s necessary
would give them something to do
I dont even blame it on people like andrew tate telling young men that if they arent millionaires by 20 they are failures. I mean Im from turkey so idk how bad it is over there but I wouldnt work any job for a minimum wage rent costs like 70% of it. How do we fix this under socialism? Kiss landlords.
I agree. Influencers like Andrew Tate are a symptom, not a cause of the problem. If capitalism forces men into this situation, they will look for explanations of why, even if these explanations are blatantly misogynistic.
Of course, it isn’t helped that liberals present no coherent solutions supporting mes.
Bleak stuff. At one point the article mentions that they are a huge number of challenges: lack of jobs, cost of school, lack of transportation, no friends, limited relationships with family. Capitalism is the source of all of these problems. Fixing them under socialism will take a lot of time and effort.
It’s pretty bad. We have an entire generation of men with absolutely nothing to do and that never goes well.
