6.7 Million US Men 🌭

From Jon Ronson’s new book, The Castle: By 2022, one in six US men aged between 25 and 54 wasn’t working. But within that statistic was a more startling one: two‑thirds of those men weren’t even looking for jobs. That’s 6.7 million US men, and countless more around the world, who’ve just … bowed out. Result! I was aghast. What? Why? Why had those men opted out of society? What havoc was that purposelessness wreaking on their inner lives, and on the lives of their loved ones – partners, parents, children? And given that some of them would inevitably grow sick of a life in the shadows – of a life of male nothingness – what might happen next? Oh! I can help you there. They haven’t opted out of society. They just don’t have jobs. You see, a lot of us (and not just men but all genders) are looking for alternatives to humiliating life-draining drudgery that doesn’t even pay the bills anymore. In fact, given the numbers you’re citing here, I’d say an alternative system is emerging. Society…