Radical Engagements: "Working Class Men A Troubling Update" by Richard V. Reeves

Blue-collar working-class men are in a bad way. Richard V. Reeves gives us the stats as to why. It's bleak.
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[@edmaibatsu8625]

I'm in this category and coming up on middle age soon. The reason why I have avoided a lot of these problems is specifically because I have a stable/supportive family. I lived with my parents into my early 20s working retail and factory jobs. I imagine if I had child support payments or was kicked out at 18 I would be struggling now, but I'm getting by fine renting and working a low paying factory job in an area with fairly low cost of living. There's a huge chunk of us that just had to lower life expectations.

[@Thunorwine1]

No friends or unalienated family members is a common denominator amongst callers to crisis hotlines (my experience).

[@mattgilbert7347]

Thank you for breaking down the charts for the visually-impaired. Much appreciated.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Varn knows to take care of his community. he's great man

[@nicholashamilton-do2dw]

Excellent reporting Varn!

[@lurkerthree]

Horrific to think about, honestly. I mean, I feel something of it in my everyday life too. Dare I ask if you know of more resources on a topic like this?

[@bigggmoustache8868]

FIRST.
Sorry Varn, no quality comment here.

[@Lithium19]

A great broadcast!

[@sheriffliberty9302]

I know this isn't the Marxist definition of class but can we please do better this this stupid CNN poll definition? Not having a 4-year college degree is incredibly meaningless an indicator because it includes:
- Men with 2 year degrees
- Men who went to college and dropped out
- Older men/retirees who didn't go to college and could get a good job before the 1980s
- Men who are small business owners
etc. etc.
Could we at least do it by income??

[@fentyslides]

income is arguably much more unreliable. the average tradesworker makes roughly the same as the average 4 year degree holder. unionized trades often earn more. no one would argue the trades are not working class

[@sheriffliberty9302]

@@fentyslides Yes though marxists would argue the opposite: that white collar workers are also working class, which is kind of the point.

[@gregsimmons3323]

Absence of a four-year college degree is probably a pretty good proxy for blue-collar working class, but by no means a perfect one (but yeah - probably a better one than income). So we have a (rough) comparison of blue-collar men vs all other men (including non working class men).... would be interesting to cross-tab with income also though as that might allow teasing out of how much of the disparity is material vs cultural....

[@curiousfella4076]

"you replaced it with nothing good" I raise you gacha games LOL Well not sure how good that is but it's hard to not see the offspring substituting effects there. On that note I wonder how pet ownership is developing as well.

[@curiousfella4076]

Oh yeah I sure wonder if being trans for men has a particular draw here as well.

[@curiousfella4076]

On the first bar section you've been mixing up Non-WC Men and WC Women just saying in case it's still not clear, haven't watched much further yet.

[@gregsimmons3323]

Yeah, in several of the charts the categories are described incorrectly, eg., at the 18-min mark the comparison is read and discussed as between working class men and working class women, when it's actually between working class men and non-working class men.

[@gregsimmons3323]

Sound is pretty bad.....I don't think the condensor mic is on? Sounds like the laptop mic.

[@VarnVlog]

@@gregsimmons3323 condenser mic was on