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> we finally start recognizing that men too can be victims of systemic issues. This has always been known to at least some. There are reasons that the left pus
by hotpotamus 3y ago
> we finally start recognizing that men too can be victims of systemic issues.
This has always been known to at least some. There are reasons that the left pushes for universal healthcare - because they are aware that systemic issues can affect everyone. The alternative is personal responsibility - pull yourself up by your bootstraps, ironically first written as a joke because it's literally impossible, but then unironically praised as an ideal of American individualism.
Honestly, I think American men are caught in a bad feedback loop that results in them voting for ever more toxic political representation that then shreds whatever safety nets they can and results in more estrangement from society, and it's a trap they will not escape from; it's too far gone to be fixed at this point.
- dudul 3y agoThe problem is that things are not supported by politicians in a vacuum. It's not a la carte in a 2 party system. If we put unrelated and unacceptable policies alongside universal healthcare you can't be surprised if it doesn't attract some demographics. I'm still waiting for the politician who's gonna have the figurative balls to say "let's fix school/college because they are failing boys". When the issue was women not getting enough degrees there was no problem calling this a national cause, now crickets.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhat does it mean to “fix” school/college?
- dudul 3y agoMake it so that as many boys as girls are successful.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhat if girls’ biological differences predispose them towards success in educational institutions? Then we need some sort of specialized education in order to provide the boys more intensive socialization?
- dudul 3y agoThen the institutions need to change their approach yes.
- hotpotamus 3y agoInterestingly, in other contexts I've heard people say that equality of outcome is an unwelcome suppression of meritocracy.