Who on HN is not Going Galt?
Atlas Shrugged 2: Men are going on strike but instead of dropping out of society and building a utopia for ubermenchen in Colorado they are playing video games and watching porn all day.
Why so many men in the US have stopped working
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#23Just anecdata, but my 90+ yo mother, living in a 60's 3-bedroom ranch neighborhood, is surrounded by three single men not working. All three live in houses owned by their parents or siblings, all of whom live elsewhere. All three have struggled with life-long chemical addictions, and only one of the three seems to be solidly in recovery. One is on disability after a work-related injury years ago. One has been in and out of jail. The third (and youngest) is the only one with some college, but somehow never got a degree and now refuses to make himself presentable enough to get through even an entry-level interview. Without their families' support, the two not on disability would probably be on the streets.
I'm no expert, but from what I know of these men (over many years), they all have an independent streak and never conformed well to "working for the man," i.e., being told what to do. There are certainly ways for someone with that mindset to succeed, but many just don't seem to be able to figure it out.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was under a lot of stress when I worked until I developed schizoaffective disorder and could no longer work and went on disability. Wounded in the line of IT duty. I am not counted as unemployed even if I am.
You are counted as not working though, under disabled.
I didn't quit, I got sick.
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#25The assume this is voluntary we have been ejecting a certain demographic of male in the hopes to extra judicially eliminate them in an environment with 0 social safety net.
The time to stop pointing out these mistakes in their our politically tilted sandbox was years ago. Let their false-narratives cloud our approach. Now is the time to join rank and make sure your powder is dry.
What are you talking about?