Men Failing to Launch & UBI | Nicholas Eberstadt

Nicholas Eberstadt and John question why some support a Universal Basic Income, or UBI, when Nicholas' work has demonstrated the deleterious effects of large welfare schemes for individuals. Nicholas points out that the decline of the 'summer job' - casual employment for teenagers - is a contributing factor to men beginning work later in life, yet being evermore unfamiliar with the demands of modern workplaces.
See their full interview here: • America's Invisible Cr...
Nicholas holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches and writes extensively on demographics and economic development generally, and more specifically on international security in the Korean peninsula and Asia. Domestically, he focuses on poverty and social well-being. He is the author of numerous books, notable among them 'Poverty in China', 'The Tyranny of Numbers', 'Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis', and his latest, 'Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis'.
Nicholas has offered invited testimony before Congress on numerous occasions and has served as consultant or adviser for a variety of units within the US government. He has a PhD in political economy and government, an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, and an AB from Harvard University. In addition, he holds a master of science from the London School of Economics.
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[@wanderer5200]

"They're afraid of starting families. They're scared of getting married." Of course they are, and they should be. Given what the family court can, and will do to them. I'd be very concerned if they weren't scared.

[@jamesabestos2800]

What they did to the others can happen to you

[@katiez688]

Most men do not want custody of their kids. When they do, courts typically award 50/50 custody. The laws all say you can’t automatically presume one parent is better than the other based on gender.

[@AndyBobandy-nc9fd]

@@katiez688 But they do anyway.

[@akompsupport]

Why volunteer for a society that is collapsing/hates you?

[@michaelharriman6693]

Hates u ? No body has ever been so well off as we are now

[@wamnicho]

​@@michaelharriman6693 who's we

[@MrRhetorikill]

Jordan Peterson would say that if you see these problems in society that is your calling/fate/responsibility. Go fix them.

[@wanderer5200]

It is not failure to launch. That is the wrong idea. The problem is there is nowhere to land.

[@MF_DOOMer]

^

[@Scythlin]

It isn't completely fear. It's like looking at a casino from the outside and weighting the options then deciding not to go in having seen the results out on the street of the people who did go in.

[@miniwizard]

A casino is a little too much of a luxurious analogy - unless you meant that everyone was playing the russian variation of roulette. Otherwise, yes. It's not fear - so much as realising the odds are stacked well against you, and that the house always wins.

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

It's knowing that the deck is stacked against you and not wanting to play their games.

[@nyosito]

@@miniwizard More correctly: Men always lose the house!

[@Mike-br8zt]

I am a lawyer in Australia and practice in the area of family law and criminal law. I get to see it all. Unfortunately, Nicholas Eberstadt comes across as lecturing to men and reinforcing their prejudices about how society sees them. Men are only reacting to the reality of their situation and men have begun to realise that society will only pay attention to men and their needs when society suffers from men's disengagement. Marriage and having children is a very high risk and low rewards deal for men. The cost of housing and of having children is prohibitive. I hate to say this but if marriage and having children was a business deal, I would be advising against going ahead with the deal.

[@kalahi7050]

Funny this doesn’t occur in places with less government interventions.

[@jamesabestos2800]

Sub-Saharan Africa

[@astrataway7077]

The government is taken over by corporations it's the governments responsibility to peg inflation to wages which is never going to happen because we basically have a one party system.

[@timothyofcox2450]

We're not afraid. We are fed up with the hatred from a society we built. It's your generation John, that did this, you and all the other weak men. Instead of blaming men, take responsibility, that would be a good first step.

[@city_of_coompton6832]

Just as surely as joggers jog, boomers boom

[@DisEnchantedPersons]

Of-Course young men are reluctant to start families, just look around.

[@covertcounsellor6797]

Yet more excellent and thought provoking content, John Anderson. Thank you! I think that the missing piece in this dysfunctional “jigsaw” is the impact of feminism and the associated cultural “ripples”. If men are afraid of, or less capable of assuming, the breadwinner role, it is contributed to strongly by the demonisation of men in general by contemporary culture. I hasten to add that the man assuming the “breadwinner” role will almost never find the counterpart to that role, namely a female homemaker (the trad wife fad notwithstanding).

[@OMGAnotherday]

It’s a terrible shame, the feeling of success is wonderful. Everyone deserves to have that feeling. Perhaps we will have to redefine what success is (not just a job).

[@josephhurst1117]

Salvation feels better blessed insurance from the lord Jesus Christ. I know I'm going to heaven in due time ⌚

[@CoronaryArteryDisease.]

I had jobs throughout my teen years. This did not keep me from being in a terrible spot in my career in my 20s and struggling to find confidence in the workplace. I often wish I could go back to those jobs I used to have, as they were so simple and stress free. I didn’t have bills, among many other challenges, as a 15 year old either. Alas, those teen jobs don’t make much money, and would land me on the street if I tried to take those jobs now. However, I think the idea behind what Nicholas is saying is true. He is basically saying that the best preparation for the real world is experiencing the real world while you are still around your family (assuming it is a relatively supportive family/parents). Turning 18 does not mean someone is ready to be an adult. Being an adult requires a transition. You can’t just walk on a job site and start doing the electrician’s job, you have to get training/education, and you have to PASS that training. Kids will have to prove their mettle in some skills before they can officially be adults. Training to prove oneself will take longer than the age of 18. I think one of the best ways to prepare someone for adulthood is to help them learn a marketable skill or two BEFORE they graduate high school. That will give them a ton of confidence.😊 Oh, and understanding workplace law and behavior can be a real leg up too. But that won’t really be learned until someone is part of a company anyways, as there is a lot of nuance to it.

[@nyosito]

It's only going to get worse with the rise of AI, many of the jobs that currently underpin society and the middle class will disappear. In the year 2525 by Zager and Evans is getting here faster than you realize.

[@miniwizard]

Classic track! But the song's several thousand year arc is all happening this century....

[@mehoyminoy1326]

The fact this song was banned by the Clear Channel Memorandum tells us that plans for the downfall of humanity were in the works far longer than most anticipated.

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

As another said, there's nowhere to land and (in aus) overly generous welfare for 30 bogus job applications a month. Why wouldn't you, if you've never known the joy of a good job?

[@jonathanvoshell7914]

Fear of failing. There are economic pains to failing, some feel that pain more than others. While others can fail greatly with little to no pain. A rigged game will correct itself when fewer and fewer people join.

[@enhancedutility266]

Y'all in for rude awakening You reap what you sow

[@vicvic2081]

U guys are old and had it easy. U guys grew up in the initial stages of the dollar hegemony

[@AndrewNuttallWearsPants]

Conservatives seem to forget that employment needs to pay enough to cover expenses. If entry-level jobs don't pay enough even to cover rent, then the job market causes depression in men. The claim that being unemployed is somehow worse that being employed and unable to afford a place to live is idiotic. Both lead to the same desparation, but the latter also breeds resentment and disillusionment. Support for UBI is linked to a justifiable desire to escape the humiliation and despair caused by this.

[@AndyBobandy-nc9fd]

I agree but can this be used to control people according to what the state defines as acceptable speech? If you convine this with the rising trend of liberty supression in the name of an imaginary "greater good" and the usage of digital currencies, how can someone not feel a little bit worried in the face of goverment corruption and criminal elements in politics? Please, destroy my paranoia and distrust. I need it gone.

[@akompsupport]

Eberstadt is not your friend, he isn't helping he is a regime appratchik. He is not a friendly. He is an enemy in the Schmittian sense. Do not believe his lies.

[@city_of_coompton6832]

True chads know the friend enemy distinction is the only distinction that matters

[@skylinefever]

Yes, far too many people fall for the logical fallacy of "enemy of an enemy is a friend."

[@daniellesomerfield8799]

And it {the second beast} will cause all, small and great, rich and poor, Masters and Servants, to be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, Rev. 13:16 Aramaic

[@josephhurst1117]

I want nothing to do with the world and I believe I'm better for it. Jesus Christ gives peace this world gives problems and more problems for the problems. The rich have problems I don't want and not one is happy. Miserable people. I'm FREE

[@davemah1736]

Not entirely true many rich people are unhappy because they are shallow narcissists but some live a very happy life and if they ever get seriously ill they can afford the globe trotting to cancer clinics required to bring them back to health. Money is power and is nice to have.

[@josephhurst1117]

@@davemah1736 I don't want a long life in this world ill stay until God needs me thats long enough. At lest with cancer I can tell my family bye 👋

[@jamesabestos2800]

Ÿæl

[@spencerbrown6214]

It is a disturbing trend to see so many able-bodied men just hanging out and not working. What is even more disturbing is that women are getting pregnant by these men? It’s unlikely these men are strong parents or make good role models for their families and their women become increasingly more unhappy. Women, be more choosy and pick men who are aiming up and willing to work hard right along with you.