Goes back even farther Johnson’s Great Society programs
Yes, indeed. Johnsons ill concieved prograns were near the ramp-up. You might like this essay:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/10/revolt-against-american-aristocracy.html
Yes the Great Society is a big problem. But that doesn’t explain the loss of opportunity that the article is talking about by itself. On one hand the economy isn’t as strong as it once was, where the USA had 50% of the world’s GNP. But on another big level the problems of the birth control pill, sexual revolution, affirmative action and dual income families and no fault divorce all play big parts.
Once a woman would get married and have kids. By her late 20s, 80% of women had a child who was born in 1940. Now it’s about half of that. And of those 40% of 20 something mothers, many (most?) work. So men compete with both men AND women for jobs. Throw in affirmative action and white men are now disadvantaged for jobs/college opportunities. Women working really is the big force in less opportunities for men. I don’t think the example of a tide lifting all boats applies here. The country needs X number of doctors for example. One female doctor means one less male doctor. And then you have more dollars per household chasing the same number of homes and apartments. Rental rates in most urban areas have skyrocketed. This means a man’s paycheck is not only lower, but doesn’t pay the basics of life as well as a generation or two ago.
Now top it all off with no fault divorce and the feminist culture. Men have to do more than ever. I never saw my grandfather’s generation have expectations to wash dishes or get up in the middle of the night to feed an infant. No their status was head of the household and they got treated by their wives with much more respect than women give their husbands today. So less incentive to settle down and more punishment for having a failed marriage.
Of course women want a man who is “marriage material” so this hurts everyone.