This article puts the blame of macro-level societal trends on individuals and takes zero material factors into account. "Norms were loosened around being an ab

This article puts the blame of macro-level societal trends on individuals and takes zero material factors into account. "Norms were loosened around being an absentee father. So more men took the option." No source is provided. Just an opinion. It's pretty clear that anyone with this kind of opinion about "societal norms" and pressures has a pretty myopic view of history that doesn't go back before the 1950s, or an extremely sanitized view of history. It couldn't possibly be because of increasingly bleak outlook for the children of the working-class or a failed war on drugs or any number of actual tangible things other than "people are being degenerates"