Excessive Ease - by Peter Venetoklis - The Roots of Liberty

Excessive Ease - by Peter Venetoklis - The Roots of Liberty

"Among the less-discussed societal trends of recent years is the “drop out dude,” the able-bodied working-age male who doesn’t bother to work...

In some cases, their means of support is evident...

In other cases, it’s a mystery...
In present day, however, their numbers have grown beyond a fringe curiosity. 

Something like seven million men who are perfectly capable of working have opted not to. 

Since they aren’t looking for work, they are definitionally not part of the labor force, and therefor not unemployed, as far as the US labor statisticians are concerned. So, the breathless unemployment rate reports regurgitated without explanation by the various talking heads don’t even consider these coasters.

There are many problems in having seven million slackers among us. Those who rely on public assistance overburden taxpayers and misallocate tax dollars that are meant for those in actual need...

• The more I think about it, the more I believe that this is a product of modern progressivism’s antagonistic message. 

In carrying on endlessly about “toxic masculinity,” pressing feminism as a zero-sum battle of the sexes, and putting men at the bottom of the grievance hierarchy, modern woke culture has sent a clear message...

• Boys are getting the “boy” exorcised out of them via constant berating, and with chemicals if berating proves insufficient...