<story><title>Education and Men without Work</title><url>https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/education-and-men-without-work</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tmux314</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a very weird &amp;quot;let them eat cake&amp;quot; attitude in this thread which I find distressing. The study reports on the millions of working age men in the US who are essentially too depressed and face too many obstacles to search for work. Instead, they&amp;#x27;re spending their days staying inside, getting high, and playing video games. They essentially have little to no chance to pursue romantic relationships. Many of them eventually take their own lives.&lt;p&gt;Perhaps some are enjoying their &amp;quot;hedonistic&amp;quot; lifestyles, but likely most have totally given up on life, much like the Japanese hikikomori. It&amp;#x27;s not healthy mentally or physically. But it seems like as long as people treat these men as &amp;quot;losers&amp;quot; who deserve their fate, the more this problem will grow.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>commandlinefan</author><text>As far as I can tell, men have always been treated this way, in all societies: accomplish or disappear.  The difference now is that automation is rendering the hill insurmountable.</text></comment>
<story><title>Education and Men without Work</title><url>https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/education-and-men-without-work</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tmux314</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a very weird &amp;quot;let them eat cake&amp;quot; attitude in this thread which I find distressing. The study reports on the millions of working age men in the US who are essentially too depressed and face too many obstacles to search for work. Instead, they&amp;#x27;re spending their days staying inside, getting high, and playing video games. They essentially have little to no chance to pursue romantic relationships. Many of them eventually take their own lives.&lt;p&gt;Perhaps some are enjoying their &amp;quot;hedonistic&amp;quot; lifestyles, but likely most have totally given up on life, much like the Japanese hikikomori. It&amp;#x27;s not healthy mentally or physically. But it seems like as long as people treat these men as &amp;quot;losers&amp;quot; who deserve their fate, the more this problem will grow.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Mirioron</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think people will care until the issue has become large enough that it will start impacting others in society indirectly. Eg not enough tax revenue being generated or not enough men willing to fight in a war.</text></comment>