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Why Are So Many Men Leaving The Workforce? Government policy certainly plays a sizable role but changing American culture cannot be ignored
Mises Institute ^ | 12/22/2022 | Ryan McMaken

Posted on 12/22/2022 8:53:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: rellic

Thats a BINGO.


21 posted on 12/22/2022 10:57:47 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: SeekAndFind
Last week, CNN featured a story called "Men are dropping out of the workforce. Here's why" The article went on to tell us virtually nothing at all about why so many men are leaving the workforce.

Par for the course!

This article, in contrast, provides loads of specific info!

Regards,

22 posted on 12/23/2022 12:25:50 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: dragonblustar

Women and feminists also put it in place.


23 posted on 12/23/2022 12:56:35 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have decided to leave the workforce. Not because of this article: I had already resolved to leave. I’m good at my job. But I’m almost 71 years old and I think I can afford to be unemployed.


24 posted on 12/23/2022 1:10:12 AM PST by gitmo
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To: SeekAndFind

I think social rather than economic factors are responsible for a lot of this. Everybody - including women - was happier when people got married in their early to mid 20s and more women were homemakers. Men were more motivated to work. Women were happier according to opinion surveys, and the birthrate was at a sustainable level.


25 posted on 12/23/2022 2:18:47 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: central_va
who is voluntarily joining the military to support this fascist government?

Just speaking from personal acquaintances: Many excellent, disciplined, God-fearing, Republican-voting young men who are defending their country now in elite units, and putting themselves in position to become high-ranking officers later.

When conservatives regain power, I know who I will prefer to be directing the point of the spear.

Without retaining and growing a presence in the military, I don't see how normal society has a chance of throwing off (and eliminating) the plague of political schemers and saboteurs. Historically, the nature of rank-and-file officers has proved critical to the outcome of many social struggles.

26 posted on 12/23/2022 2:31:09 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: SeekAndFind
but has gone into steep decline among high school dropouts and those with no college.

Because government handouts reduce the value of marginal effort. IOW, you won't make much more at minimum wage than you would if you were on the dole.

27 posted on 12/23/2022 2:36:02 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

To be fair to men, many of them are simply not able to achieve what your son-in-law and your potential son-in-law achieved, for myriad reasons. A lot of men are not graced with the talent, ability, or intellect needed to reach such lofty heights; some just lack the social or economic support required to move ahead in life. For example, I’m sure your son-in-laws come from great or at least stable families- not everyone is blessed with a stable family.

As another poster mentioned, Jordan Peterson has covered this topic extensively.

Women tend to marry across and up the socioeconomic spectrum. If they are unable find a partner who earns as much or more than they do, they won’t settle -nor should they- and will remain single.

This dwindles the supply of suitable women available for the average man. What are these involuntarily single men to do?

Either shack up with a semi-toothless slut or stay home and watch porn the whole day.


28 posted on 12/23/2022 3:00:28 AM PST by RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee, so private central bank policy has much to do with men quitting. That makes it purposely planned.

Here is a great video about the scurge of a private central bank and the Federal Reserve, despite its name, IS a private central bank.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BrKf9nYeXT0&t=2150s&pp=2AHmEJACAQ%3D%3D


29 posted on 12/23/2022 3:05:26 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: gitmo

Congratulations on being able to not work. I trust I am right behind you.


30 posted on 12/23/2022 3:06:48 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: rellic

Best post of the day. Thanks for speaking the truth and Going Galt!


31 posted on 12/23/2022 3:08:54 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Good post and I think you are right about your daughters but if women do not have children, than that mostly wipes out any goodness they bring to the world. Based upon what you wrote, between the two of them, they only have one child.

This is a truism that I never realizes until much later in life. If we do not propagate our way of life with children, then we are ultimately poor caretakers of that way of life.


32 posted on 12/23/2022 3:12:44 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: central_va

who is voluntarily joining the military?
Single moms,-weirdos looking for free medical s they can become “women”, people that need to get away from home for 2-4 years so the guy they owe $$ to can’t find them.

Nobody who is actually ready to fight though.


33 posted on 12/23/2022 3:32:10 AM PST by ronniesgal (Just GET A JOB already. )
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To: Right Brother
It is all by design

no doubt

34 posted on 12/23/2022 3:39:14 AM PST by SisterK (the final variant is communism)
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To: Fai Mao
I retired at 55. In reality, I went Gault. I refuse to support the deep state. It can support me.

I retired last year at 58 because of the vax mandates. No way I was taking that thing just because some corporate petty tyrants told me to, and by suddenly acting like petty tyrants they demolished any sense of trust I previously had in them. I suspect many felt the same sense of betrayal that I did.

I was also just tired of the rapidly growing corporate “woke” nonsense, and of the robotic group think dynamic that drives every large organization now. Watching former colleagues continue to try to outdo each other with their buzzword-filled posts on LinkedIn now is both amusing and pathetic. It’s all so phony and superficial.

I am happier now than I’ve been in years, and I don’t regret my decision for a second.

35 posted on 12/23/2022 3:45:01 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: central_va

From the names I see mostly non citizens from south America eastern Europe and Africa. They will be used to kill Americans.


36 posted on 12/23/2022 4:06:12 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Don’t assume the men in question are lazy or addicts; could you provide a list of reasons as to why these men should do anything differently? The goal of providing for a family that has become increasingly fragile doesn’t appeal to them, they don’t want to work for low wages, and they know they are culturally despised.

A lot of the pressure on these men is now coming from women watching their eggs dry up while they put costumes on their cats/dogs; tough sh!t. Reap what you sow.

(I say this as a married father of young working adult sons who may never see grandchildren but expect to see happy sons.)


37 posted on 12/23/2022 4:09:50 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SamuraiScot

Who is joining the military?

From the names I see mostly non citizens from south America eastern Europe and Africa. They will be used to kill Americans.

I don’t see a pathway to a conservative government ever.


38 posted on 12/23/2022 4:11:11 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder how the decline in male workforce participation tracks with the decline in the US economy vis-a-vis the world. There are certain occupations for which one HAS to show up. To name just a few, there are construction, plumbing, healthcare, anybody who touches a product. With the exception of the last one, all are male dominated.


39 posted on 12/23/2022 4:15:49 AM PST by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Binder and Bound meanwhile note declining marriage rates are closely tied to workforce participation overall. This works in both directions: Declining incomes lead to declines in marriage. But unmarried men also have less incentive to actively seek employment.

Women used to use their 20's to actively seek out a suitable husband. This gave men an incentive to be seen as suitable, by having a good job and good career prospects.

Increasing numbers of young women are spending their 20s partying around with men who are desirable but have no interest in marriage, while ignoring the average men.

Men who do not have women in their lives are more likely to turn to drugs.

40 posted on 12/23/2022 4:52:49 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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