Judging from some of my younger MAGA family members, Trump is admired by them as an anti-hero. These young men view themselves as rebels, and identify with comic book villains like The Joker.
That's wild and I've been thinking about how a lot of these young men seem so childish and energized by the idea of being a hero. Then we read articles on how young men are struggling. Maybe they need to put down their video games, pick up some books and join the adult world.
As a former young man myself (I am 62 now) I do have some compassion for them. While we should encourage ambition and hard work, the myth of meritocracy implies anyone can be successful if they work hard enough. Unfortunately, you can work and study hard and still not succeed over those who have connections.
That’s a fact, but the myth of a meritocratic society means “failure” is your own fault. And “failure” is defined increasingly as not achieving ridiculous goals such as being obscenely wealthy and cruel. The cruel absurdity of InCel is the idolization of men who cuckold the InCels, and blaming the women.
I’m glad that my father was a world war 2 veteran who put me in the Navy after high school. Gave me a set of immediate goals to accomplish and to earn a sense of accomplishment I lacked in high school. There are other paths to learning success is achievement of your own goals, and not outlandish ones from outside
So true and thank you for pointing that out. I should have said they could focus on improving themselves and their lives and that can be done through a lot of paths other than college.
It's easier to say "no I don't want to do that" than it is to face a potential failure if a path is picked but the person is unable to accomplish it. I struggled with one of my kids on this on a small scale in school. The kid would rather fail because he didn't try than to try and then fail. I think a lot of young men in particular suffer from that form of thinking/feeling.
Judging from some of my younger MAGA family members, Trump is admired by them as an anti-hero. These young men view themselves as rebels, and identify with comic book villains like The Joker.
But, as Dems can tell you, these types often blow off The Vote
That's wild and I've been thinking about how a lot of these young men seem so childish and energized by the idea of being a hero. Then we read articles on how young men are struggling. Maybe they need to put down their video games, pick up some books and join the adult world.
As a former young man myself (I am 62 now) I do have some compassion for them. While we should encourage ambition and hard work, the myth of meritocracy implies anyone can be successful if they work hard enough. Unfortunately, you can work and study hard and still not succeed over those who have connections.
That’s a fact, but the myth of a meritocratic society means “failure” is your own fault. And “failure” is defined increasingly as not achieving ridiculous goals such as being obscenely wealthy and cruel. The cruel absurdity of InCel is the idolization of men who cuckold the InCels, and blaming the women.
I’m glad that my father was a world war 2 veteran who put me in the Navy after high school. Gave me a set of immediate goals to accomplish and to earn a sense of accomplishment I lacked in high school. There are other paths to learning success is achievement of your own goals, and not outlandish ones from outside
So true and thank you for pointing that out. I should have said they could focus on improving themselves and their lives and that can be done through a lot of paths other than college.
It's easier to say "no I don't want to do that" than it is to face a potential failure if a path is picked but the person is unable to accomplish it. I struggled with one of my kids on this on a small scale in school. The kid would rather fail because he didn't try than to try and then fail. I think a lot of young men in particular suffer from that form of thinking/feeling.