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They NEED Young Men to Believe It’s Hopeless...What If It Isn’t?
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There’s a multi-billion dollar content ecosystem right now that makes money every single time a young man decides his life is already over. Not because it’s true. Because despair gets clicks. And the same week that ecosystem is telling young men there’s no future, the Democratic Socialists of America put out a platform calling for the abolition of the family. Two ideologies, supposedly on opposite ends of the spectrum, landing on the exact same target. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a business model. And today we’re going to look at the actual data — not the vibes, the data — on what’s really happening to young men in this country, and who benefits from you believing it can’t be fixed.
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00:00:00 – Why despair sells, and how you demoralize a nation
00:03:47 – How a few bad actors create an identity crisis
00:12:08 – The real data on young men
00:17:20 – The ugly side: the left's war on the male role
00:19:50 – When the right starts sounding like the left
00:22:58 – The other side of the story: what's still working
00:25:17 – Don't judge the ideal by those who fail it
00:28:43 – Why they need you demoralized
00:33:55 – Don't let bad actors define the whole institution
00:35:55 – Don't wait for permission to be a good man
00:40:04 – It only takes a faithful remnant