Young men falling to the bottom of the income ladder. The share of young men making between $30k-$100k shrank over 40 years. Loss of blue-collar jobs to machines forces more men into low-wage service or drop out of the workforce.

gantz_au · 2018-05-28T08:12:10+00:00

This is what causes more and more women to ask, "Where have all the good men gone?"

When a man earns less than a woman, he becomes invisible to her.

drogosan · 2018-05-28T08:45:16+00:00

It'll just compel more men to discover the economics of MGTOW. You can live a pretty good life on a low income if you're single and know how to save.

kingullu4 · 2018-05-28T09:09:20+00:00

I have 3 points to make on this. 1. Even at a lower salary, men will generally be better off because they are more sensible with their money. Perhaps another way to phrase that is, they don't waste it on sh*t like a dress for every day and branded makeup. 2. The market doesn't stand still, so whilst we are losing a lot of jobs to machines and automation, these young men and in fact everyone has to adapt and obtain skills that are going to be required for the foreseeable future. 3. The importance of saving your money, even if you're on a low salary is very important. Most people recommend having at least 3 months salary saved for times of difficulty, I take it a step further, I think you need a year's salary because finding work is not easy.

honda_vfr · 2018-05-28T08:28:13+00:00

Article written by a woman, using a diiferent study to shame men.

vindicay2070 · 2018-05-28T10:31:51+00:00

Don't blame it solely on machines, the feminization of the economy was a lot to blame. Service jobs, bloated administration that takes money out of workers pockets for make-work roles like HR. Wage stagnation started in the early 70's.

wasthereadogwithyou · 2018-05-28T07:58:45+00:00

Loss of blue-collar jobs to machines

That's kind of rude to Chinese, but true nonetheless.

Dzartovian94 · 2018-05-28T12:20:27+00:00

This is what happens when you feminise an economy and turn 1st world countries into service based hellholes.

Even going to university means fuck all, when everyone has something, it's worthless. Entry level jobs have ridiculous requirements because when you can import people with years of experience, no matter how ridiculous, they find someone who fits their criteria. The older generation doesn't want to fuck off out of the work force and this creates a career bottle neck.

People wanting minimum wages and work life balance means we become uncompetitive and therefore are being replaced by cheaper labour, or the jobs move overseas. Economies of scale means our regulations prevent us from producing anything on any competitive level. FEAT currency is endlessly inflated, slowly killing our purchasing power. But it's okay, somehow importing cheap goods and flipping them will create value in the economy right? Or will it just make the money float to the top because we can't start businesses or compete with monopolistic multi-nationals.

We are in every measurable way, fucked. Wealth of Nations, was written over 200 years ago. It's a blueprint for how any free economy works and it's been ignored by the very same people that believe that socialism will somehow save us. The reality of the situation is, (only if you have a dick) if your not born rich or don't have connections, your screwed. Didn't attend or couldn't afford Tier 1 universities? You won't be getting a high paying job and you'll have to work like an animal to survive, until your body decays and you become useless and get replaced.

The average person is a fucking retard and has systematically fucked us all. These same people value diversity and fairness over merit and competitiveness, you know the very things that build civilisation to begin with? Life is a rich mans game, GG well played.

2018-05-28T11:26:21+00:00

Women get a lot of the tipping jobs. It's not unheard of for a female waitress or bartender to clear $70,000 a year. The starving waitress stories are mainly just truck stop diners and The South. Soon service workers in America are going to be making $15 a hour before tips.

Meanwhile at young ages the only jobs for men seems to be low paid construction where their wear their bodies out. Granted tradesmen can later make a lot of money but for every tradesmen there's probably a Government Ho or a Marketing Ho who is clearing $60,000+ a year.

DWShimoda · 2018-05-28T15:44:28+00:00

Loss of blue-collar jobs to machines

Tired of this (false) neo-luddite bullshit.

Blue-collar (factory) jobs were not "lost" due to automation... they were shipped overseas due to a number of "policy" choices: environmental regulations, so called "free" trade agreements, monetary policy, taxation programs, etc

And then further loss of income was also due to the various "immigration" programs -- H1B visas in tech, and the combination of amnesty/failure to deport illegals in various general labor categories.

The bullshit of and around Feminism, and the "financialization" of the economy haven't exactly helped either.

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Tired of this (false) neo-luddite bullshit.