If we have another civil war, there won't be anything civil about it. They've been telling a generation of men they're subhuman trash for a decade, and they are going to ask these same men for mercy. Just like the movie civil war showed, I doubt mercy will be shown on any side, and I fully expect either mass exiles or mass purges to occur. Lefties cannot be reasoned with and the far right sees that and is acknowledging that reality. The central government is delegitimizing voting, which shows both sides that the only way to express is thru force. They are using the judiciary for political purposes which delegitimizes it. They are using the US Dollar as a weapon which had delegitimized it even to US allies such as India who is now trading in Yuan, Rupees and Ruble, not dollars. They're destroying every legacy system they have and acting like it's business as usual and acting like they're smart than everyone else. I have a Masters in Econ and I cannot believe the things they are doing. The US Government is smashing the windows in it's own house, slashing the tires on it's own car, ripping out the electrical wiring in it's own walls, and acting like it's normal. They haven't started pouring gasoline around the place yet, but I fully expect them to soon and then they'll start playing with matches. They're pushing diversity in major corporations qhich is destroying their productivity and marketing. Hollywood is pushing wokeness which is destroying the US propaganda machine. Other countries look at Hollywood like it's a joke as do American citizens. Evey system is breaking. US recruiting is at the lowest level it has ever been and falling.
The irony of it is that podcast is sponsored with " the plunge " which give me a lot of shame because I can not afford it and feel like I am not cool. ps : I am being ironic because I love Richroll podcast... But I am still a broken man :-)
All talk and little action, reactionary winners whining about lost losers. Pointing the finger is all the elites with resources do without attempting to lift a finger to actually help build lost souls. It's all so tiresome & predictable. This guy isn't much different.
@NuanceOverDogma I agree, he hightlights the issue and his solution is to just pull yourself up by your boot straps. Which was a phrase that was supposed to mean it's literally impossible to do. Instead boomers use it to describe what millennial are suppose to do when they're faced with literally an impossible situation which is why more and more of them, the smartest who can see the equation clearly, are self deleting. He means well, but he provides no long term solutions to an obviously systemic problem where there simply is not enough opportunity. They polled American males age 16 to 36 about their American dreams and the majority said their dream is to LEAVE AMERICA. When every media system is telling saying, All men are rapists, women need men like a fish needs a bicycle, women treat men worse than you'd treat a stray Dog, and the systems themselves are designed to disenfranchise and destroy men. Why would they stay? We're going to start seeing brain drain as the best and brightest men leave america, and this guy is too much of a mid-wit to see it.
@@hexadecimal5236 He benefits from the system & attacks all who question it. He is a fraud who pretends to be concerned about lower classes but in reality he is in the cult that loathes them.
This guy points out the exact reason I became a teacher as a male. People emasculate me all the time for it, and I'm going to be making pretty much no money after rent, bills, and food. But being there for kids without a dad and being a good male role model in their lives is worth all of that in my opinion.
Dude stop being emasculated and just quit. You’re wasting your life, you think those children’s fathers are good people? How about their mothers? You’re not anyone’s servant man, those kids will grow up to be morally conflicted people like anyone else. It’s not worth it.
The average male h8tes anything that will create a healthy stable life for himself and others. Males are self destructing and want to take as many males they can with them. They don't actually want "solutions". The average male is entitled and is perfectly fine with women doing the work that they don't want to do. The average male proves they aren't leaders. They don't deserve a wife and children, because they don't like either and refuse to provide anything for them. Looking to other males as examples is usually pointless. You are a better example than the average guy.
@@richardsteiner45 I wouldn’t say I’m wasting my life. I think even if I only end up making a minor positive impact in one kid’s life throughout my entire teaching career, all of the stress and poor monetary compensation would still be worth it in my opinion. We can agree to disagree, and maybe there are better ways to impact kids’ lives, but somebody has to be in my position, and I am content at night knowing that I am given the opportunity to make a real positive impact on the youth. Sorry for the long response, lol.
Like everyone of every generation, you deal with the circumstances presented to you at the time. Poker was easy 20 years ago. Same as now, 95% of long term players lost money, 5% made money.
That’s one of the few traits about him that are admirable - humility. That fact that he recognizes how much easier life was in the 70’s-90’s AS A BOOMER himself, is applause worthy. On the other hand, his solutions are waaaaay off and as ineffective as putting a bandaid on a gangrene. No thanks, Scott. We’d rather grab popcorn and let it all burn. We know the problem is way bigger than just “empowering men more”, or “male role models”.
@@snakegriffin4928 He has HALF the $OLUTiON... We need to empower men more... and we NEED to subdue women more. It is just in female human nature to run wild until they destroy everything unless they are kept in check. I'm not suggesting we become barbarians like muslims are with regards to women... but women DO NEED numerous, clear and $TRiCT boundaries for society to function and flourish. THi$. i$. iNDi$PUTABLE.
18 minute mark made me cry. I was 15 without a dad and just a alcoholic mom and step parent. this 27 year old man who was disabled and two young kids took me in and fed me, told me to finish school, and actually just cared. No hook, no angle, just love. thank you Eric Abron for being my hero and thank you Scott for saying that about a father figure who isnt your blood.
Who was it that propagandized their hate against michael jackson & the catholic church again? bc i don’t remember them putting their own dirt on the media. in fact i don’t remember anyone ever proving incidence of grape happened more in the catholic church than anywhere else. everybody already forgets jerry sandusky, but everyone remembers the catholic church. seems like an op. anti-catholic hate. if you want to bring people to your side you have to clean up your own house, you fools.
Guest: "Social media tells young people they're absolute failures for not owning luxury items" Ad break: "Consider buying a sauna" Satire is meaningless in our era. It's like living in Robocop.
@@NikkLiberos We love capitalism, don't we, folks? Truly an unflawed, unmarred system. Too bad Earth's collective human governance can do nothing to bridge the gap of their own making, very apparently. Good stuff.
@@tweex1can you please define "capitalism" for me? Is it static? Did Adam Smith invent it? Did it exist before him? Has it changed since Smith? If it has or hasn't, does that mean anything? Seriously. I'm confused.
“Child of an immigrant mother who lived and died a secretary… but everyday she told me I was wonderful, and that stuck with me” it really only takes one person
Same as my own ma. But we had my dad too who kept my feet on the ground. They were together all their lives. More people did that back then I think. I’m 52 this may btw.
@@T1tusCr0w my mom always told me to dream big and that I could be anything I put my mind too, I didn’t have a father and I’d agree with you social norms have changed people don’t stay together for the kids sake
This is why I believe in the “found family” I had a terrible family always told me I was worthless, useless, pathetic excuse for a man. When my parent divorced I got to raise myself from 6th grade and I got to choose my mentors and my life was changed forever as soon as I stopped looking at my parent to parent me and instead anymore who would help
@@colecarmichael5724 There are no kids who are "worthless" Only Adults. And they were made that way by getting told & and listening to some PoS who moulded them when they couldn’t fight back 😔
I know a lot of people here will disagree with me but growing up playing some video games with really good stories and masculine men changed my outlook on life entirely. I am incredibly attached to the Xenoblade series because it speaks about this stuff so much
I don't think I've listened to a more candid, stone cold truth filled conversation around this subject. This episode needs to be shown in schools or something.
Completely agree that this conversation is important. I'm really hoping that our collective societies can course correct in a more positive direction. I don't know how that might happen but spreading this information is a good start.
Go to a developing nation and people are hooking up like they did in the US 100 years ago. These conversations should focus more on the fact that people in the most technologically and economically advanced societies simply have less and less of a reason to have children. They are needed less and less for survival.
With the dumpster-fire that is the intersection between the internet, podcasts, and male identity, I am extremely grateful that I stumbled upon this video. What a great nuanced and thoughtful conversation. Thank you, Rich. Thank you, Scott.
"the ultimate expression of masculinity is getting involved in the life of a boy that isn't yours" - this couldn't be more true. Now that I'm older, I realize the profound effects my coaches in sports had on me. Having a male role model who isn't your father is just so important, and I think it is what's lacking in many boys' lives. It reminds me of Joseph Campbell's idea that there needs to be a secondary father in mens' lives - a father by choice - whether a coach, minister, teacher, drill sergeant, that you almost put yourself into apprenticeship of - think karate kid, etc.
Jordan Peterson seems to be that for many many boys, I don't know if that's good enough, he might be like the mcdonalds of male figures, but he did help me personally.
Question, what does a male coach offer that a female coach cannot? I ask because a female coach got me started in bodybuilding/strength training not any of the men. I had reservations taking a lifting class as I was a weak runt so she and I met at the fitness center while another class was in session. She took a long time showing me the machines, the movements, explaining the concepts, providing me encouragement and answering my questions. I took her 1st class where she was training on the machines. I was fortunate to be in her last class to 25 plus years later. She normally wouldn't teach that class because she was the head of the department but they couldn't find anyone for the summer break. I let her know on her last day that because of her I had decades of fitness in my life that she was directly responsible for. It was my last time there too as I had maxed out all of the equipment and already migrated to another gym. I put on 80-90 bs of lean muscle and was in the top 5 strongest men at my new gym. That was not an easy feat given they were all "enhanced" and I wasn't. To provide a easy reference I could lift a washer with one hand and picked up a dryer with a bear hug and took it to the curb. Not bad for a runt. Side note, the male coach there would constantly mess with me because he was jealous that I maxed out the machines and he could only do about 70% of max. He was an ex college football player that had a wing named after him. I have been lifting for a long time and there are only two trainers that I would ever recommend both just happen to be women. My favorite was 5" 4" and she was the personal trainer for the local SWAT department. I don't think one can be more masculine that group of men and she was the leader of the pack.
This guy is hitting the nail on the head with so many topics. I’m 34, navy veteran, college graduate. I really felt I was struggling so much and had every type of vice you can imagine up until my thirties. Now I cleaned myself up, I have a decent job and very little debt but it still always feels like there’s that cloud hanging over me.
Regarding the could...I highly recommend IFS therapy/paradigm...there is an episode on this channel about it...where don't have to be controlled by these clouds...you are inherently worthy. Good on ya!
Better give your nation away to immigrants, in cel! As if people only oppose many of these things for the reasons he's stated. He's assigning cause without a true understanding of the world and society.
I hear you brother, the best thing is just keep doing your thing. Stay focused on yourself and your health. Be a gentlemen to others and care for yourself
as we’re watching a podcast talking about how young men are broke, depressed, and poor it cuts to a commercial selling $10,000 ice baths that can help us with our depression 🤣 I can’t stop laughing
welding saved my life, after high school i was so lost and knew i wasn’t going to college until i started welding. got me male role models, taught me a VERY underrated skill, and gave me something to be proud of.
Brother I’ve been welding for 5 years now out of high school. Pay is still shit, can’t afford a place of my own. You really want to be welding for the rest of your working life? The next 30 years? I sure as hell don’t. Every welder I know is addicted to nicotine and cigarettes and looks 15 years older than they are. I’m in GA and 23.50 an hour is not shit here. Tell me more about how you think welding is so great? How does your body feel at the end of the day? Do you go to the gym? Do you take care of your body?
It's so rare to come across individuals as accomplished as Prof. G that are willing to talk about their flaws, share their failures and spread the wisdom in the hard lessons learned throughout their life and that they do it genuinely for the betterment of society. Typically their egos get in the way. I appreciate him and his message so much. I try to distill as much as I can to my benefit raising two young boys in this challenging environment.
My favorite part is his acknowledging the advantages he got that are now gone. He's not doing what most successful people try to convince themselves and others 'i did it all by myself' and telling the truth. He got cheap, accessible college. He got an affordable housing market, doors opened bc he's a white man. He gets massive tax breaks. And he's saying how we can fix it
This guy is just another red pill guy but delivering it in a boring way 😂 truth is, no one cares. If you're a loner incel, you will remain that way and probably unalive yourself.. And still no one will care. He's an out of touch boomer.
He points at men to get better but doesn't ever address women's expectations set by marketing which is ultra sky high and completely unrealistic. He's an out of touch rich privileged white man mixing some truth with wrong assumtions.
the other side doesnt want to have it. And they'll do everything to avoid it until the plumbing stops working, the grid goes down, gas stations are empty, etc.
It’s men like Scott that produced the feminized male culture we have today and now try to glom on to the predictable backlash. The famous adage tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are - with friends like men hater Tara Swisher who needs enemies. If you truly care about men’s plight, listen to Jordan Peterson.
@@mikeb.7279 here's the thing, I far prefer Peterson's lectures over this gentleman. That being said Scott is also bringing things to light that need touching on. Why would you suggest people funnel themselves into one channel of information? That's something that Peterson actively calls against. The future is going to be a joint effort and we NEED to start learning to talk with people we disagree with without just writing them off.
I graduated HS in Kentucky of 2020, The single most important thing I got out of my ENTIRE education was the fact that the school was a career ready school and still had Shop/Tool/ROTC/Business/IT Ect. I got a job and was working full time Senior year of Highschool during peak lockdown and I didnt have school work the last half of my senior year so I worked and made money and it really set me up. The rest of my experience in school felt like brain rot. Especially in highschool.
Scott has quickly become one of my favorite authors and social critique writers out there. I love his no nonsense approach. There has been a huge gap and need for true and ruthless social commentary since the passing of comedians George Carlin and Bill Hicks. In this time of crises in America, we need strong voices like Scott that just tell it like it is no matter how uncomfortable we all get hearing it. This stuff must be said as awareness is the first step to solving any big problems.
Getting high can foster perspective. Perspective is an important tool to validate a moment in time. Staying high erases the contrast. As he stated ‘it’s hard to read the label when you’re inside the bottle’.
I didn't have a Mom these guys could really understand. Growing up around a vulnerable narcissist does the opposite and teaches that nothing matters to your mother except for herself and her victimhood. She broke my fathers soul but he still tried to mold me into something worthwhile. The failure to achieve that is all in my hands.
@@tweex1the fundamental criticism of feminism is that is calls for rights without responsibility. The right to vote, but not be drafted for example. The only systemic advantages in modern society are geared towards women, yet feminists continue to gaslight women into the victim mentality. Feminism has transformed into full blown misandry. I.e. "we don't need to man" culture.
100% resonate with this. I put myself in debt for a college education to become a teacher. I gave up that career after 7 years. Why? My profession wasn't affording me the income or time to start a family. At pay below 50k a year and a working week between 55-60 hours, I was overworking myself while barely paying my own expenses. When my grandparents became ill at the same time, I had no time to help my mother take care of them. The 40-hour work week wasn't just about pay. It freed working men and women to meet, keep a home, raise a family, and take care of each other.
@@forgottenfuryan I have no love or empathy for princesses, yet I agree with the very sad truth that teacher pay, worldwide, is a JOKE. Oh, we get summers off? Yes, with no pay and consider ourselves very lucky to find three months of work risking our lives, literally, as temporary slave workers in steel mills, coal mines, etc. Been there, done that. No thank you and no more. My father played that game for decades and died a hopeless, sickly, loveless workaholic. I have decided not to emulate his sorry example, although in my early days, I was on the same ruthless road to ill health and spiritual desolation. Work to LIVE. That is my creed these days. Any further comments would be superfluous.
@@forgottenfuryan I could Iive relatively well on summer temporary steelworker and coal miner pay but certainly not on temporary tutorial pay. Hopefully, you will never be faced with such traumatic economic choices in which your health will be put at considerable risk in trade for filthy lucre.
Scott is truly a one of one. It's rare that you have a successful person who isn't afraid to admit that alongside their lust for working hard, that fortune, good luck, "blessings", timing, etc. have also played a pivotal role in helping them to attain their status. Scott is a role model that many of us should aspire to emulate and be more like. We all have to acknowledge the people who are not in our circles, not in our bubbles, and speak up for those of whom don't have a voice because we live in a society, and society breaks down when inequality persists indefinitely.
Yeah I appreciate his humility here. So many wealthy successful people have a sort of God complex around how they view their achievements. There is a grossly inflated sense of superiority around their abilities and very few admit that a large part of their success was plain old luck. We all need luck in life and luck takes many forms. Of course their hard work and skills should not be overlooked but there is always more to it that just that. If everybody who was hard working and talented got rich there would be nowhere near the level of wealth disparity in the world.
@@thru_and_thru The actually smart ones will understand that it's all just luck: the traits you are born with, the experiences you get to live from the moment you are born, the way your brain processes those experiences etc. None of these are your merit.
@@Vlad-bs1js And we should all take personal enjoyment from our successes, but never laud it over others. By all means, you do you-get after it, get that green, whatever you're grinding-just stay humble.
As a 30 year old man finally starting to get it together, I agree. Lack of a strong male father-figure/mentor is detrimental to our growth. Reminds me of a song lyric: “be kind and keep a smile. keep your head up and try to find a friend or a child and encourage their life”
Us men gatekeep this is a big issue, American society has trained us to push down guys around us and defend what women and wealth we have gotten. Finding a decent role model as a guy who has achieved what we are going for that isnt going to do an Andrew Tate and sell us BS to make money or ignore us is tough.
When you listen to Scott talk you can really hear the passion, sincerity, anguish, just about every emotion pour out of him. When people like this to run for presidency not the feces that usually we have to choose from
Your purpose doesn't matter. Every person and circumstance you come across, will attempt to give you a new purpose. Real purpose comes from understanding yourself, and learning life lessons.
Love this one with Scott! If you’ve received value from this channel but have not yet subscribed please take a moment to do so - super helpful and appreciated. For more on Scott and this conversation plus show notes and links, go here 👉🏾bit.ly/richroll826
US Army Basic Training got my ass in line, and good NCO's kept me in line .even through 4 tours in Iraq.. then picking up snowboarding and mtn biking after i was medically retired ... made healthy friends and social connections that will last me for life... now as i learn late in life to lean on others as a man... i begin to realize i can do anything .... mentorship staying active, and social circles are everything for men!!!
The level of admiration, intellectual exchange, vulnerability and mutual respect is something to be lauded here. One of many brilliant conversations helmed by Rich. Thank you gentlemen for making the time to share this dialogue. Peace and more peace.
A perfect marriage or relationship is an illusion; there's no universal playbook for making them work. What's effective for one couple may not apply to another. Nevertheless, I've come to understand that there's always a solution to be found. Half a decade ago, my wife and I faced such trials in our marriage that divorce seemed inevitable. Yet, through perseverance and determination, we navigated through the rough waters and emerged stronger, reunited, and more resilient
There is a lot of sense in what you just said and I hope mine works the same way too, we are currently separated but I cant live without him, I love him so much. wish I can get him back I can do anything to have him back, we have tried therapy amongst other things
Its always difficult to let someone you love go, but in my case I had the help of a spiritual adviser who saved my marriage from collapsing her name is Shelly renee white
Did you have to pander to her and give up your hobbies and friends to make it work? Did you have to work less? Women are interminably “not happy.” They’ll always find something to say you need to change. Guys, don’t do it. Stand your ground on being who she fell in love with. You both will be better off whether it works out or not.
Men aren't mistaking anything for what it is. Social media is not our friend, but it's free and available when our friend stop coming around. We aren't mistaking porn for romance, we just can't compete in the dating pool. We aren't giving up life and becoming depressed, we are stripped of our needs and finances and fill that hole with artifical garbage. Reddit isn't causing depression, depressed people seek out community, unfortunately it becomes an echo chamber for depression to fester.
It's impossible not to mistake something you're viewing over and over again for real life no matter how often you tell yourself otherwise. There's always going to be a part of the brain that believes it and makes judgements upon the real world based on the visuals it constantly consumes and telling yourself you know it's not real doesn't make a single lick of difference. Anyone who views porn regularly will be mistaking it for real life despite everything.
And take this note, many females have not had a drop in sexual activity. So If you go to your 30's without dating which is increasingly common (since one reason they say young men can wait until they're 50 and still have kids) you are pretty much a virgin that has to "impress" a girl who has had more partners than you've had dates. If a man asks how to make the physical side a relationship better they'll shame the man for only being concerned about sex. The only place to go at that point is porn, and its nowhere near going to tell you anything you need to know but its a desperation move to convince the guy he's trying 'something'. Being 12 and being shocked the first time you see boobs is funny. Being 35 and being shocked the first time you see boobs is sad.
I love how these two are talking about the fact that most of us can't afford a damn thing and then an ads pops out of the blue: buy this cold plunge tub! Like, dude, we live in apartments 🤣🤣🤣
Because most of the people watching this stuff are doing fine, but worried about society crumbling around them so they watch content that scratches their “omg society is falling apart” itch. Society is doing fine. Men need to adjust to living the good life. The good life does not need to adjust to men (and thereby return to being the bad life).
@@ellengarcia4041 Except make millions and millions of dollars with his books, investments, popular podcasts. Wonder what you’re doing? What channel are all your amazing accomplishments discussed? Since you judged maybe you should share?
As a 25 Year old who didn't have any sort of apprenticeship support growing up, and also all of my friends who didn't have such a thing. I think it's very important and I appreciate you talking about this.
What's wild and so overwhelmingly discouraging for me is: I'm in the top 20%. My online photos rate 8/10 in attractiveness, I make 95K a year, I'm 29 and fit (don't have a 6 pack but can run 6 miles). And I still get no romantic attention. My female coworkers are all dating guys 10 years older than them. By any reasonable goalpost I'm doing great, especially by the standards of my generation. But we are SO fixated on the top 10% or 1%, that I feel basically just as neglected/invisible as the 80% of people below me.
Not to be rude, but you listed all external, "tangible" assets. For many women, including myself, we yearn for emotional, mental, and spiritual safety. Believe it or not, we put more value on that than any financial gain a man may have. For us, it's about safety and feeling safe with a partner - despite income. The internet shows women just wanting men for the money, but IN REAL LIFE, many women would not hesitate to date/marry a man who is not in this so-called "1-10%". They really just want men who are emotionally/mentally safe to be with. You'd be horrified with what many women have to endure from men on a daily basis. Unfortunately, it makes us very skeptical, scared, and harsh as a means for survival (not saying it's right, btw). Anyway, aside from your assets that you listed, who are you, really? If you took everything that you listed away...who are you? And whoever that healthy-minded, emotionally-stable person is...that's who your wife will want to be with. :) Love and peace. ❤❤❤
@Kuann1 That's fair. I'm not a man in the dating world so Idk the struggles of it personally. Don't beat yourself up about it, though. Remember, the internet is not a real place, lol. The last guy I was involved with, I met at a park. We were both doing things we enjoyed and somehow both had the courage to "take a chance". All that to say that Idt that based off my looks that I'm in the "top 1-10%" (which is what men tend to prefer), but also...who gives a flying flip??? Lol. The woman at the right time will take a risk with you. Plus, you're pretty young for a guy wanting a relationship, so you'll have plenty of options for a longer period of time. :) Therefore... Don't give up!
@@PropheticDreamComicsI agree but being a guy and seeing the other angle. There is a huge emphasis on looking photogenic, being viewed a successful and social. I started to notice it when my sister started dating. The guys around her friend group who were genuinely great people weren’t being considered amongst her friends because they lacked something exceptional to make them stand out. Those “traits” always fall back on 1/3 things. Looks, money or social status. I’m pretty sure women are extremely unaware of how much emphasis they put on it subconsciously. It’s a basic human instinct to want an attractive, put together partner. Everyone wants that but you’re invisible as a man unless you’re genetically exceptional or born rich. Pretty much cut from the cloth of god. It’s gone from average expecting average or slightly better to unhealthy, overweight, “I have no goals” Netflix all day girls expecting elite as the norm. I’m in the under 25 age range, the Covid generation, and it’s very different to how my parents dated. Majority of men are single because they cannot live up to the new “stand out” group which is based on international tiktok standards. You really need to be elite now. The exception you need to be earning 90k+ the second you finish uni/college is becoming standard for my age range to even be considered “I guess you’re alright”. Even then no one wants to be the “I’ll date you because there’s no one else at the moment til someone better comes around” or being settled for and having it passive aggressively mocked to you and your friends. This isn’t all women but there is also a growing faction of women who lack to provide unity in a relationship. They want all the benefits of being in a relationship without pulling their own end of the agreement, talking to others behind your back, providing nothing besides sex and expecting the world.
Great comment. This is how it is. I'm a 32 yo 5'5" male social worker, and I'll tell you, my friend who is 5'8" and a software developer sure gets a lot of dates. The truth is no one gives me a chance to meet them. In the relationships I've been in I've been kind, honest, committed, gentle. I'm not perfect. I wish people were just willing to give me a chance.
Wealth is becoming more concentrated which means most men have no chance to compete or simply give up trying. Jobs are less secure. Women also don't want to struggle and want security so even if an average man succeeds in building healthy relationships, it often does not last. After being burnt once or twice, it becomes a game that's no longer fun to play.
I ran cross country and track all the way through college, When I finished college I took a coaching position with the college for the cross country team. I loved coaching the up and coming student athletes more than when I personally competed, so much so that the team made it to ncaa nationals for the teams first time. I coached for 4 years and miss it still. Life took off and my career took priority, I now get to train the up and coming younger linemen as an overhead electrical lineman. I’ve always enjoyed teaching.
The conversation about mentorship and masculine role models is everything I’ve been wanting to hear from men. Thank you for helping restore my faith in humanity in a way.
ever since i was a little girl and saw how horribly my male peers both treated each other, and the girls (including me) in their lives while growing up ive always hoped that one day guys would wake up and stop trying to be like their fathers and grandfathers so much. Its not so much that they are men, but the men from past generations are typically not men you want to look up to. The cycle of abuse is an incredibly easy one to fall into, i imagine its even easier for males to fall into it when they live in a society that is designed from top to bottom to trick them with their own insecurities and desires. what more people need to understand is that even if you find yourself a part of that cycle, its never too late to try and better yourself. When men are taught emotions and empathy are weakness, it tricks them into ignoring their own unconscious needs, and when they arent taught how to cope with emotions they also do not fully understand, its easy to fall victim to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Sadly, that cycle takes some to violence. Women are not immune to that as well, but in western society we’ve throughout the decades have spent plenty of time ridiculing feminine traits that regurgitating anything that’s been said would be stale. Men havent really had to self reflect in this way before, i think its partially due to the internet.
Scott’s attitudes largely reflect my own and how I was raised by my dad. I hope to leverage the good fortune my wife and I had to instill the same priorities of empathy, love, and social cooperation into our son.
The emphasis that he puts on friends is awesome. Men need friends. The reason why friends are so beneficial for young men is because that young man can go to his friend, ask him or run some silly idea past him, tell him something dark and personal, knowing that his buddy is just gonna absorb his sadness and ensure safe passing through whatever that young man is going through. Friends are also great to have because, conceptually, there is nothing tying that person to him to be his friend. He is there by choice. It the decision, not the blood-related-ness, that is comforting to know that this friend truly cares to stay around.
Thank you both, I really needed that. 14 year male RN and USA swim coach that somewhat followed a similar path as Rich but got denied a great UC education, and love being a mentor to my patients and swim athletes. So glad I listened start to finish.
This is my all-time favorite RRP episode out of the hundreds I have heard. Every single RRP episode is super interesting, so the bar is high. I have shared this with many friends, educators, coaches, our kids, and my son's college lacrosse teammates. Scott Galloway addresses the many reasons why we all should pay attention to how boys and men struggle. Supporting boys and men benefits all genders. What a great conversation between two emotionally courageous men who openly share their fears and doubts while acknowledging their privilege and success. Thanks, fellas. I have listened to this three times.
I grew up in a poor hood with plenty of drugs and some violence. I’m a chemist in my 40s with a bachelor in engineering and happy life experiences. From my perspective, this is the key… -good parents -curiosity for science and learning -elementary school Elementary school will define the rest of your life. If the kid is interested in learning and his friends are relatively good, he’s 80% there. The rest will just follow.
I have somehow gotten sucked into the r/GenZ thread on Reddit and it is full of GenZ "men". I am 49, so it feels weird to me to call them men, but they are in their mid-twenties now, so they are men. That thread is heartbreaking and frustrating because it is almost exclusively GenZ men, no GenZ women, and they are absolutely miserable. For whatever reason, the Reddit algorithm continuously puts it in front of Gen X, so there are a fair amount of Gen X men & women in that thread at any given time, genuinely trying to understand what went wrong, and why these guys are so freaking depressed in their 20s. For Gen X as a collective, our 20s were the peak of hedonistic bliss. The problem seems to be the difference in perspectives on life. GenX did a LOT of f**ing up in our 20s but we didn't have any "rules" telling us that we had squandered our entire lives and we were going to die destitute and alone. Gen Z is the opposite, the overarching problem is the massive amount of rules they have for EVERYTHING. They have set up 1000 ways to fail in even the most mundane tasks because they have a right way for everything. If something happens and they don't hit one of these thousands of completely arbitrary benchmarks, that's it, it's all over, you pissed it away and there is no hope. There is no convincing them that they could be happy if they would stop judging each other and themselves and just live, embrace the best they can do for right now to pay the bills and keep pushing toward their passion. My dream was always to be a writer. I didn't break into writing and turn it into a career until I was in my late 30s. Between graduating high school and achieving my dream I was a stripper, a bartender, and a veterinary surgical tech. I was an alcoholic, and you could probably say, drug addict at various points along the way too. It never crossed my mind that any of those things should preclude me from being a writer one day, and they didn't. I also raised a daughter by myself. She is GenZ but she doesn't buy into the benchmarks and rules. At 26 years old she has graduated nursing school, worked as a nurse, decided she hated it, joined the military (over my protests - I am much further left than my daughter), and quit the military because she hates rules as much as I do (I knew that one would be short-lived), got married, bought a house, had two children and is loving being a stay at home mom, and writing for a couple commercial blogs online. She has no idea what she wants to do for a profession but she has a paying job, her husband has a solid blue-collar job that pays their bills. I am not worried about her.
Too bad the U.S. government clearly does not adequately value public education as slews of kids go by the wayside and then turn into aimless, despondent adults. It's baffling to me how little we as Americans, and humans, really, undervalue the concept of cultivation. Cultivating young minds, creativity and critical thinking, hell, even in a literal sense nature, helpful infrastructure, etc.... it's like, once a human has achieved some modicum of success, the part in their brain that is like, "Hey, we ought to help and support others-" just... turns OFF.
@@tweex1 I don't think that's quite right. We really really do value cultivating the next generation. Politicians and media have spent all of my lifetime talking about how they're investing in children, kids are the future, etc. And every parent is perfectly willing to put themselves through 20+ years of suffering so their kids can have a brighter future. The problem is we're being scammed. We're outsourcing all of the education to "experts" based on what we're told is their past performance. But the experts are not really experts in anything, they're just academics. And then the experts are further handicapped by the administrative assemblies that have cropped up around them to usurp all these free money we're pouring into our kids, to the point that actual teachers and educators get a tiny bit of the total and the rest goes to administrators, massive building projects, pet research, and especially SPORT BALL.
Man, I think of how lucky I was to have an early boomer Dad (b 1949) and that I was born so late (1995). I just let him lead me, he was always there and gave me great advice. He's been gone for 5 years now, but his lessons are constantly there. He was firm but kind, and that combination just made it so that I could tackle just about any hardship even after he was gone. He gave me tasks not for labor but to show that I was needed despite being by far the youngest. I never felt like a burden I felt valued through the work he assigned and talking to him after it was over with a meal and a beer are memories I'll never forget.
Beautiful, needed conversation. So great to see men, making themselves vulnerable, working to heal themselves, their sons, and the other men around them. That is strength.
I'm a 29 year old guy who is just now finally starting to get his life together and, for what its worth, one of the biggest stumbling blocks in my life has been the push for everyone to go to college. I'm not an academic. That was never going to be my thing, and my grades reflected that. My guidance counselors let me slip through the cracks because apparently if I wasn't gonna be able to go to university and get my Bachelor's or something, I was a waste of time. I'm taking classes and trying to get into a union and pick up a trade and, honestly, I'm kind of in mourning for all those wasted years, and also worried about the fact that I'm starting so behind. I just try to stay grateful that I found a path forward now and not in 10 or 20 years, but its crazy how quick society is to throw you away as a man. None of the girls I hung around with in high school, who had grades just as bad if not worse than mine, went to their counselor and got hit with a shrug and were told, "I dunno. Try community college, I guess, and see what you can do from there."
It's guys like you and woman too - you've got to get out and vote for local officials, local prosecutors as well as Governmental officials at BOTH the state and federal level!
I'm 31 and feel the same. I'm currently working as a mailman for the post office. Women are repelled by the uniform. It just screams loser. I need a new job but at my age getting into the trades is harder.
@@johnd8596 I was somewhat lost as a young man, I didn't care if I lived or died, but along the way, after my best friend committed suicide the will to survive took me over. All I could do was work. Some weeks I'd work 120 hrs. in an attempt to get ahead. We have a warrior in us that will carry us if we don't accept defeat. Keep grinding and keep your eyes on a goal. Move in the direction of your goal and life will open up for you, but you have to move.
Our 17 yo son is in an apprenticeship to learn a skill. He may attend college. But I agree this lack of emphasis on learning a valuable marketable skill and over emphasis on college is hurting our young men and women!
I live in a first world foreign country, without the US status culture, and it is perfectly acceptable to not go to college and learn a trade...Also, a lot of countries have working holiday visas for folks mostly under 30...so you can live AND work in a cool foreign country for like a year...it is so valuable just to get into a different culture such that you start to learn to discriminate 'the voices' in your head...whose are they?
Maybe just maybe kids are different - some should go to college, some not - maybe stop speaking for everyone and get used the idea that people are different
Lucky him to get an apprenticeship i have been looking for one for years but I got lucky and somehow ended up becomming a cheesemaker and producing most of the cheese in all ontario
What a great podcast, and something we need to hear more about. I'm 45 and just got divorced for the 2nd time a week ago. I made some bad choices, and my partner had/has her own things going on, but I'm 100% in the boat of feeling like a failure and not having a ton of hope. I've worked my whole life, from 15 till now, but I didn't make great educational choices nor financial decisions. I'm not a fuckup, in that I don't get arrested, no major societal issues, I'm tall, considered good-looking (though I have trouble feeling/saying it), but I'm not good material on paper. Do I have another 30+ years of this ahead of me? Sometimes I hope not, and other times I think sure, I got this. I may not be your typical disillusioned male, but I am indeed disillusioned. Life is fucking hard, man. I love hearing good, positive, sensible voices like these two, so thank you to them.
As the other person noted, you don’t have it that bad. I am slightly older than you and have gone through my own insecurities as such. What I would say though is that focus on you. Meaning, set some fitness goals and start doing it consistently. Preferably not all by yourself, but join some classes etc.. If you do this, it won’t be long before your outlook sharpens up as you start feeling better and more accomplished. Finding another relationship gets a lot easier, and dare I say you you will have a better chance to find the right person too. Good luck! Life is what we make out of it.
@rid.h.tom.4296 I understand what you're saying. Perhaps my comment is being taken differently than intended. I am physically fit and quite active. I do have a good job, a roof, etc. I guess that maybe I was being too honest in stating how I was feeling and what my current life looks like. I appreciate that your comments are intended to help versus shit on. I was voicing my feelings much as one might in an AA meeting where you're not typically going to get someone telling you what to do, etc. But rather by you, in this case me, voicing your problems, fears, etc you're helping others. Again, perhaps I was just being too honest in a forum that isn't meant for it. Thank you for being positive though!
@@thomasmainecoon Ignore them, you weren't crying poor. The statement "you don't have it that bad" is a pretty weird take on someone just sharing where they're at and how they feel, especially in the midst of a major life shake up like where you're at. Good on you for sharing your current experience and thanking the generous men in this discussion. I note you have many more likes on your comment than commenters who chose to minimise your experience for no apparent reason.
I won’t watch 20 minutes of most stuff. This, every minute of this was so worth my time. Thank you very much for using your platform for helping me, us, them especially at a time like now. Rewarding content. I love it.
I joined the military right out of high school. Served for four years in 3rd Ranger Battalion. Got out, went to school at Colorado State University. Dropped out after half a semester and proceeded to blow all of my money on a joy ride around the US for a couple months. I remember looking down at my bank account one day and realizing I had about one more month of partying before the show ended. I recognized I basically had no money, I had some cool stories from the army and a few good friends, and due to my background in the infantry I had essentially no marketable skills, employment opportunities or dating prospects. At that moment I was faced with a choice - go back to school, which I hated the sound of, or rejoin the army and crawl back to my unit with my tail between my legs, which I hated the sound of even more. So I went back to school. I’m a year away from graduating now with a specialization in regenerative agriculture and permaculture design and I’m planning on attending a Master’s level program for landscape architecture in the fall of 2025. The journey from that moment of realization to now has been the most challenging, yet equally rewarding experience of my life. And everything these two are saying is true fellas. Once you get your shit together and have a vision for your life (that’s the big one - know where you’re going, and why) you will be tripping over high quality women. It’s sort of a sad state of affairs that simply having your shit together puts you in the top 10% of young men, but that’s where we are. There’s literally no excuses that are worth listening to. Get in shape, map out a vision for your life, and make meaningful progress towards your goals. If you want to go a step further find a way to connect with a higher power, get sober, and find a sense of purpose in service to the world. You’re only alive for 100 years at best. That means you have roughly 80 years to make the world as beautiful as possible for your children and grandchildren. The playbook for success right now is exceedingly simple, the hard part is simply making the choice to change your life and following through with that choice through your free will decisions everyday.
I don’t know what to say to guys that have completely talked themselves out of even trying to talk to women or date .. there are entire channels aimed at talking about how terrible everything is for young men . I see more guys reaching for victimhood and that is disturbing
You’re my favorite podcaster, inquisitively curious, open, well prepared, interesting, hard working and it shows. Thanks for keeping this free in apple podcast where I prefer to listen to your podcasts , I hugely appreciate it and hope you continue to offer this for free!
I have an 8 year old son and sometimes I am honestly scared for what his future holds. He has zero male role models. (His father became abusive shortly after he was born, his uncles/grandfather don't show that much interest and aren't great examples themselves.) Sometimes I honestly wonder not IF I'll lose him to some kind of harmful rhetoric, but when.
No he's not in fact he's right here dealing with the immediate obvious problems facing man and male culture in the West. He's not five dimensions out...
No men involved or awful men. Unfortunately, there are a lot of awful male role models out there who berate and devalue their sons' worth. I watched my brother go through it :(
In my 40's and literally have less in my bank account now than I did 20 years ago. 2008 took my savings... I started over again only for the pandemic to take my savings again. Jobs today are paying literally the same amount or LESS than they were 20 years ago but everything is 4x more expensive. There is no future for me anymore.
This country has made serious mistakes regarding industrial and regulation policy. Those decisions were the seeds that grew into a disease that destroyed our manufacturing base that in turn undermined the middle class. Millions of jobs shipped overseas, those communities destroyed, filled with poverty and unemployment and drugs. The majority of those jobs were held by men.
This has given me a lot of confidence in how I have lived my life. I'm not all the way there yet, a man still at home at 29 and single. But, I'm on a good track in my career, I'm in touch with my emotions and masculinity, and a plethora of wonderful friends. This is such an important conversation for us to be having, thank you too so much😊😊
It’s refreshing to see someone from the other side politically speaking to young men with this level of compassion and care. Even though I can tell that Scott and I differ on a lot politically, I can really see he’s had the humility and the dedication to do the research and come up with good solutions to problems many refuse to see. I’m looking forward to his book for sure, I think he’s absolutely right about a lot of what he says on masculinity, and I hope more people hear his message.
I really like this guy .. first guy I’ve seen in awhile to accurately portray classic liberalism .. witty.. doesn’t hold punches .. but compassionate and empathetic .. perfect blend to raise accountable young men ..
@@sverdrup4321 Yeah he is definitely a progressive liberal through and through. Hard to hold it against him though when so few of them are even willing to address the issues hes addressing, even if he alienates the people suffering with those issues in the process through his adherence to the politics that got us here in the first place.
@@sverdrup4321 bc it holds the values of the enlightenment .. where people are judged by their character and merit, and not their class or identity group .. ppl forget who the liberals were in the 90’s.. rooting for the little man .. using reason and logic to do anything.
@@sticks7857 bingo .. I remember when progressive meant logical sensible solutions to complex problems and going against rhe old school methods .. it wasn’t crucifying white men and burning down universities.. power just corrupts man .. white ppl had the power now the liberal marxists. Shits sad and sorry .. this is how I brain dump
Needed to hear this, was sent from a friend. I resonated with the recovery & then the points talked about in the anger brewing in my male peers around the financial & emotional stability we are seeking. I'm 32 and have 8 years of self development experience to the point where this podcast beautifully captured all the points & soulutions to shift that culture and empower my fellow men that are struggling today. Gives me hope to continue spreading the message and giving love to my fellow brothers. It takes a village rings in my ear. Shared this with a few of my friends. Keep the lighthouse shining for those lost at sea my friends.
The constant push for women's equity will silence any support for men. They will not jeopardize their current lifestyle despite the negative long-term effects in society.
I don’t hate those who are economically, romantically and financially better off than me. I hate those who are better off than me and are working hard to make my frustrating life more miserable.
Spoken like someone who truly understands that the jealous conspirators spread rumors that people with potential are schizos who think people are "out to get them" because they know if they don't keep people down people will surpass their economic, romantic, and financial standing 😂Its the losers who think life is all about game theory who hate to see other people be more successful than they are, particularly if they know deep down they didn't truly earn their success and the person they are jealous of who has the potential to be successful has earned everything. Lots of people who were born into wealth literally spend tons of money to try and ruin the life of people they are jealous of, its just a fact of life. Then if they realize they can't stop the person becoming successful, they will try and offer help after tons of sabotage so at least they can try and make it look like they had a hand in the other person's success, when in reality they mostly had a hand in holding the other person back. You have to ask, "what do most people born with everything a person could ever want or need actually do with their excess wealth?" They mostly try and stop other people from surpassing them in wealth and power by using their wealth and power. Its that simple.
At this point, anyone who is well enough off that they could help, and chooses not to help, is part of the problem. It's not enough not to be making the problem worse. If somebody isn't trying to make it better, WHY NOT. Also, a sensible country would be banning those goddam hookup apps, not just tiktok. Hookup apps aren't going to help people find a spouse.
@@tealkerberus748 Exactly what Scott Galloway mentioned in his recent Ted Talk. Too many people are looking for ways to "increase my compensation while decreasing my accountability." That is why all of America is in rapid collapse.
As men we gotta help each other out. Especially the young bucks. Personally, i feel like its my purpose to be a mentor to the younger gen z. However I can.
Scott G nailed it here. More people need to touch this subject before it’s too late. So much obsession with demonizing men is a classic FAFO situation.
This is absolutely brilliant podcast! I can relate as a citizen who came from abroad (legally) 18 years ago (I'm 40 years old now) with $400 in a pocket. However after this is insane grind I still feel like this "great wealth transfer" is outpacing me. Which prevents me from ability to provide much needed "safety" to actually support a family, therefor I'm walking alone and absolutely hate it! It is a tough race indeed. Even though I'm educated, well versed, fit and understand this economics well in depth, once this insane printing had began i knew middle class which i was, will be wiped. Last 4 years all im trying to do is figure out how to beat it and come ahead. Thank you for what you doing.
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"The most dangerous person in the world is man that is broken and alone" - This is incredibly topical at the moment, especially down here in Australia after we had a stabbing from a male at a shopping centre targeting women. Something that needs to be looked at more.
There are a lot of women out there who have done everything within their power to try to be partners to these men. They push everything away. My husband and I have been best friends since we were 14 years old. We are 49 now. He had a string of bad luck. It was no big deal. I am a writer and make more than enough to support us. I told him it is not like he is sitting at home and I am going out and breaking my back working. I work from home whenever I want. But, he has spiralled into someone I don't know anymore. He has regressed back to a 15 year old. There is no convincing him that this path leads nowhere good especially when you are months away from 50 years old.
I don't understand why public "intellectuals" still believe that masculinity is just a social construct- It reflects an underlying desire and belief that they can socially engineer men and women to behave in ways they think will make things better, but that's the problem to begin with. Although social construct is a part of it, the underlying biological incentives that influence men and women, making them different is what we ignore, at our peril.
That is the core of Liberalism. We can all be and do anything. No one has limits. These fellows are starting to see that hey wait, things aren't perfectly equal. They even waffle around on both sides. They talk about their kids and knowing their personalities are set in stone, but then earlier they downplayed that aspect a bit. I think they're on the right path, but they're kinda just hoping to restore a normalcy they're familiar with, but also saying we can't do that.
I really love this message of masculinity rooted in compassion. Too much men oriented content is focused on being selfish and it doesnt speak to me. But this I love. Celebrating both strength and compassion.
Everyone in the country should have to watch this video. As a 32 year old, middle class male, this man knows every single thing I am extremely pissed about and think about daily. One thing that I think is super important to bring up has to do with voting. I don't vote, but it's not because I don't want to. It's because no candidate is saying what I want to hear, but we don't have a "all options suck, lets re-roll" button. We are forced to choose from what is available, but what's available sucks.
Keep the faith. Sucks less is still better than giving up and accepting sucks more. And if enough of us take action, change is possible. Possible even if seemingly unlikely beats impossible.
I think the biggest thing for me, which supports your position, is that none of us, literally, NONE OF US would choose to vote between Trump and Biden. Once I realized this, I knew that it really is all just an illusion of choice and it is utterly pointless to pretend my vote holds any weight. It could not be any more simple than that for me.
I'm turning 50 this June. When I was 43 I left good paying job in my country and moved from Europe to China. When I was 46 I found my new career and mastered it and in return it gave me all the freedom I wanted. Financial and physical. No office, no timezone, no bosses, no clients. To all you young guys out there, keep on fighting. Life is tough but can be beautiful. And it is constant struggle. It never gets easier. You gotta keep on grinding. Work on yourself. Workout, find some passion, create a business. Push yourself. And when you think nothing is going your way light will appear and you will break through. Don't give up on yourself even if everyone has given up on you. Take chances, don't waste time and do not blame others. You have the keys to your destiny.
@@treygraphicsfte6747 No, I was there in 2016 for a month working on a freelance project. It was weird experience and I was just waiting to leave but funny thing happened when I was leaving. On the airport I got a gut feeling telling me that this wasn't an experience I hoped for and why don't I try to come back and find a job there. I gave it a thought when I came back home and said why not. 6 months later I found an ad on LinekedIn and I applied and out of some 50 people I got the job. Moved there in July 2017. Was working as a creative director in media company. First 4 years until 2020 were fabulous. I had great friends and we had so much fun. Then covid came and by accident I watched a documentary about bitcoin. Decided to invest some 5kUSD. That was the first time I got introduced to trading financial assets. Instantly fell in love with it. Then in one day I lost all that money because I didn't know what I was doing. Then the journey of learning started and it took me 3 years to figure it out. I do not trade bitcoin anymore. I trade mostly forex. I am still in China but will leave end of this year. Plan to open my own prop trading firm in Dubai. Low taxes. China was fun but it changed. Not so fun anymore. Much less foreigners than before. It was huge life experience. Thankful for it but time to move on.
@@treygraphicsfte6747 No. I worked as creative director in media company. I was a designer for 25 years. I am still in China but will leave by the end of the year. My first 4 years here were a blast. Fabulous experience. I had great friends and it was lots of fun. Then covid came and all of them went home. Lots of foreigners left and situation in general changed. It's not fun anymore. But it was a lifetime experience. I cannot say I liked it more than back home but I did like it. I like my country. Life is easier back home. China is fun to live for some time but it is hard to settle down. There is no perfect country of perfect society. Everything has its positives and negatives.
Dude, honestly, f$ck off. We have been lectured our entire lives about how life is a struggle by people who have actively made things worse for everyone and count their luck as achievement. It's not whining to want a better world or expect the people who lead to contribute to it.
"The single biggest point of failure in a man's life is a lack of financial security. Investing in the financial market can be a game-changer! Diversify your portfolio, generate passive income, and build a safety net. Take control of your financial future, invest wisely, and never let money hold you back again!"
I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks..
I invested 10k in Robinhood about a year ago and it steadily went down, now my portfolio is down to $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs
@@rougeur Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances...
I’m Glad i stumbled on this. Please, if its not too much of a hassle for you, can you drop the details of the CFP that assisted you and how to get in touch….
He’s speaking nothing but facts, as a police officer for the last two decades young men are needing guidance, mentorship and older strong male figures to help them see the way. This talk should be on every morning show and media outlet
As a European, this American discourse makes me laugh a little. Galloway, an extremely privileged person, says things like "We of the left" and then "don't get me wrong, I am an ultra-capitalist". Love the entire podcast, but this highlights the fundamental disconnect between Western elites and the common people. Historically, the left wing was never capitalist, nor protecting the rich. The left wing wanted to regulate the rich to make the majority exist in decent conditions. The fact that the left wing morphed (in the West) into this elitist rich wealthy club, not only shows that the left wing is DEAD, but also that its open ground for the far right (which cares about the working class) to take over. This is why the far right is powerful all over Europe. The socialist parties are no longer parties of workers, they're parties that want to replace the workers with immigrants so their shareholder electorate make profits on their investments. It's totally disconnected from the reality of people. Then we go back to the Marxist beliefs: Capitalism in its extreme form always leads to tyranny and fascism, because that's what the working class fights back with!
@@johnhendrick6408 I am sorry tho school you on his behalf, but you are mistaking capitalism with turbo capitalism. Two different things. In the 50s you could go to a bank, present your idea or project without any asset, and if you’re market vision was profitable they were giving you money to start it. Of course they also generated income from your work, that goes without saying, but it’s far different respect nowadays when you have to have assets to start with in order to get more assets. And of course the banks were going to fuck you up if you didn’t repay the debt at the end, but at least they were giving you a chance. American dream, right? I do not think this is hard to understand. Coming back on the matter, I am seeing this kid of capitalism failing everywhere, it is just a matter of time, rich people getting richer, medium class disappearing. And I do not think you are one of the 10 per cent, otherwise you wouldn’t be here commenting like all of us. The point @Bahamut3525 was making is flawless, yet you produced a very bland question. The fact that the guy here is saying that there is a 90 per cent of men that are struggling because of a social and economic way to conceive life in general, and the system supporting it, yet giving you hints to become the 10 per cent is laughable. Because there always be that 90 per cent, and the problems coming from this discrepancy. I don’t want to wake you up, but the idea of making millions and date models like women is not healthy. Making you Americans undertand it is almost impossible, because your culture is completely fucked up. Look at all the gurus on the web, they want you to visualize, to change your habits, to meditate… all in order to make more money `and NOT to become a better person or to be more happy. That’s the discrepancy, my friend. And it’s great to see people demonize Marxism (not a Marxist here, please) but no one, even out of curiosity, even know the principles of it, let alone read books about it. Don’t play the game with us, we actually have a school system.
Another European here, you need to listen to Scott more. He calls for increasing taxes on the rich. He wants governments to regulate a lot more to avoid that transfer of wealth that he is calling out. Of course what we in Europe call regular eft is what in America would be perceived as a total extremist radical left. But I don’t think he is dishonest or a hypocrite
@@zeratultc What bothers me are these so called "champagne/limousine socialists" making commentary on issues but not truly delving on the root causes. I like Scott but he literally says in the video something along the lines of "talking about men doing bad/etc generates clicks/views and that's why I do it and even sell merch and workshops around it". Similar to Andrew Huberman except Huberman never was that honest about it. HUGE PROPS and respect to Scott for just talking about these issues but the fact that he's also clearly making money off this like many self help influencers is slightly uncomfortable and begs the question, is Scott really there to solve the problem? And the fundamental problem is the extremes of late stage capitalism. I'm not even marxist or pro marxist but what's happening (concentration of wealth, rising inequalities, etc) is literally what the marxists called degenerated capitalism.
As a late-boomer, born 1963, I compare my life to what these young guys are going through and the contrast is shocking. I can hardly believe how easy it's been and how much fun I've had, and I'm just a regular guy. Nothing special.
Yea it's kind of like the Great Depression today for men in multiple ways if your young. If your average in salary and everything else your screwed today. Only thing to do is to try to be great or quit. And quitting a not really an option once you realize where it leads
@@Kevin-kj5th I've had 35 solid years of hunting, fishing, camping trips, road trips... just a blast. I'm at the point where I can just sit in my back yard and feel like I'm not missing anything.
I was very stagnated socially the last few years, potentially starting with covid. I decided that i needed to do something with my anxiety and concern I had with civic engagement and politics. I got involved I'm a few different volunteer groups in Ohio and I started focusing on voter registration, getting out the vote (GOTV), and citizen led ballot initiatives. It has done a lot with social engagement, confidence, and networking. It has been an great past year or two. I've grown and learned alot and I feel, have done a small bit of good in my state. The more people involved in the political conversation (actively not passively) the better off our society will be.
Government is only corruption. Anytime you find yourself looking to government for answers, ask yourself, is corruption going to make this situation better?
@@E_Clampus_Vitus genuinely curious- but in a democratic republic in which law is infringed on the individuals vote and those placed in power are elected; how does one change a corrupted government/system if not with their votes? Are you implying the solution would be to do simply nothing? Or is it to enact anarchy and violence against the system? If violence is the answer, how do you resolve to make the next system any better than the first?
I find his statement that when men lose a father that is the single point of failure. I find that it's a double edged sword. Usually because 1. lack of male role model, duh, but 2. hard dynamics with women, particularly mothers. I was in an odd position because I had divorced parents but even time with mom and dad. And it was 100% my mom that fucked me up. My dad may not have helped me grow to success but he atleast didn't harm me. It was my mom that failed me. And I find a lot, a LOT of broken dejected men have really awful atrocious experiences with their mom.
I used to be a transman. I passed quite well, lived as a regular straight man. I was either invisible to women or they were overtly hostile to me. I experienced serious sexism and racism because I was the dreaded white man, and worked in youth mentorship with nonprofits overrun by the most extremist Social Justice you've ever seen. I detransitioned 10 months ago and I have been treated significantly and noticeably better. I got a job in my field that got me out of poverty and isn't overrun by social justice; subtle leftwing culture is way in the background; if I was still presenting as a man, that would have been a detriment to me getting the job. Separate but related topic, I've talked to women about dating and there seems to be a severe lack of attraction to most men. Women either end up like me, lesbian, or straight but unable to conjure up attraction to most men. I think the truth is, most men have been pacified and overly domesticated. That's the "good" men by societal standards. The few men who CAN'T adapt to this show the masculine traits women are actually attracted to, but these men get so beaten down by society that they end up disenfranchised- they're alcoholics, end up in prison, gangs etc. I know men feel utterly defeated with women's excessive pickiness, but I now have heard women hating their own pickiness and feeling broken, unable to get themselves to feel any attraction and break through that wall. We've gone way further than messing with social and psychological needs, we're living completely counter to our biology.
Those men don’t get beaten down by society and end up in jail/alcoholics etc. That’s an over exaggeration. Those men are the top 10% he’s referencing. I actually disagree with a lot of what he’s saying here, but the top 10% of guys having an easier time makes sense, but it’s made up of those masculine guys
How do you imagine the average woman has it better than the average man, and by what mechanism? I assure you, as a woman, I'm invisible to most people as well.
@@feedyourhead731The average man obviously has a harder life than a woman look at the rate of the homeless that are men look at the dating app data men have military conscription.
@@dna8269 None of that is new. The top 10% have always had an easier time finding partners, and always will. It's essentially a pointless statement. The self-harm and isolation in the rest is the part that's new.
This dude is one of the most on-point voices out there right now. Love watching him on Real Time. As a father of two 12 year old boys (twins), I will definitely be following Galloway and suggest my sons check out his work as they get a little older.
I haven't listened yet, but I've seen him before. *He places ZERO responsibility on women as I recall.* I'm not quite 60. From what I can tell _this is a female crisis not a male one._ Males generally work and achieve for females. Modern females are mostly unattractive, entitled, and using the internet as a proxy for the attention they want. Naturally they end up miserable, but by that time it's too late. This was not the case when I was young. I'm not the most attractive guy, but I'm smart and funny not too bad looking so I did fine. I have a strong feeling I'd be in the same boat as these kids were I a young man today. The quickest fix I can see is this: kill no fault divorce and kill alimony. Most women are waiting till around 30 to get married, and they end up 'compromising' on a man they're not actually compromising for. Thus entitled and dissatisfied, they divorce the men they "settle" for in order to have kids. It happened to my son. It happened to two of his friends. Now I have to help my son out on the QT. If it wasn't on the QT she'd steal it. Ending no fault divorce will fix that and give them permission to take a chance. Right now they have no permission, not from me anyway. Nor from chance, nor from fate.
As a 25 year old man who is struggling financially I am infuriated at the state of America. The anger and sadness I feel towards the pessimistic future is troubling. As a young man everything is against us… economics, dating, health, etc. it’s a cold world
yes being a 'member' of the top 10% economically (what galloway focused on) extends beyond just men's issues .. the top 1% controls 20% of the wealth and the next 9% controls 60% for a total of 80% .. leaving just 20% for the 'bottom' 90% of us .. and no radical change in policy to help men will change that fact .. and as long as that exists women will not lower their 'standards' and men will struggle .. the correlation between economics and the 50% divorce rate is clear and we see that those at the top have much lower rates because their lives are easier ..
It’s a pleasure to listen to both of you such mature, wise and empathetic men. You are true role models for young, but also older men (mid age). Thanks for doing what you are doing and talking about it. It’s so much needed 🧡
