Andrew Yang on young men failing and some tips on what to do when you're down on your luck

a-man-from-earth · 2020-10-19T22:18:36+00:00

Locked because this topic has run its course, and trolls have come out to derail it.

a-man-from-earth · 2020-10-14T11:45:55+00:00

A clip from a longer conversation. Here Andrew Yang acknowledges how young men (specifically in America) are failing, and how society isn't set up to deal with them. He also recounts his own experience of very public failure, and shares what worked for him to get back up again.

CaptSnap · 2020-10-14T18:35:07+00:00

This is where I lost respect for Yang.

Apparently he has looked at and knows the data that boys and men are behind in education, in the economy, the way culture looks at men, etc... (I know he knows more data but Im specifically citing these because he cites them right here in the video) and he yet when the light is on him he has to kow-tow the bullshit. Despite the data the US is a "deeply misogynistic country". Men in groups are morons, its all fantastic.

Even here he has the data about the systemic hurdles young boys face....but the advice is:

get fit, read, some kind of unpaid intern sucking0up kind of thing to hope someone more successful will throw you a bone....be grateful to your spouse, appreciate, have some easy wins.

fantastic. Yang is the best (possibly only) advocate for men on a political stage. Can you imagine if a leading feminist...or hell even if Elizabeth Warren when asked what young women who are down should do, had said maybe women should read some books and be grateful for their husbands? Like really appreciate all the shit their husbands have to put up with.

Thats a low bar..... a really excruciatingly painfully low bar.

amjh · 2020-10-14T22:35:13+00:00

To me, it sounds like that's still just blaming men for everything? "men aren't flexible enough, men aren't mature enough, men aren't grateful enough"?

true-east · 2020-10-15T04:20:29+00:00

It's not terrible self help advice. It would be good if he could address the more systemic side though. Why is single parenthood so high now? Could it be because we have legislated to give women massive amounts of control during divorces and in the family courts? I mean most divorces are initiated by women so this seems to add up.

You want to solve this issue it's real easy. Step one, remove alimony. Step two, take provision into account in equal importance to nurturing when deciding child custody. Step three, remove feminism from schools and public institutions. Stop teaching boys they are inherently bad and need to atone. Do all of this and boys will absolutely dominate girls in school and it won't be because girls are doing worse.

yoshi_win · 2020-10-14T23:00:07+00:00

I proudly wear my MATH hat everywhere it's appropriate, and some places it isn't :)

I consider Yang to be the single greatest political candidate of my lifetime for focusing on economic factors (like Bernie) while bringing fresh ideas (UBI) and being a friendly, no BS person

shouldBeWaterguns · 2020-10-15T04:30:02+00:00

I loved this!!! Religiously watch both of these figures. Glad other eyes are on them too

Title	Andrew Yang on young men failing and some tips on what to do when you're down on your luck
Author	a-man-from-earth
Upvotes	60
Comments	58
Date	October 14, 2020 11:43 AM UTC (5 years ago)
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