There is something very wrong with this upcoming generation of boys. Their behaviour is utterly repulsive (and very embarrassing) at the best of times. Teenage boys are being influenced now by guys that anyone in my high-school would have laughed at. Not a single boy from previous generations would’ve given an imbecile like Andrew Tate the time of day. As much as I disagree with the likes of Jordan Peterson on a plethora of things, I can at least understand why young men have looked to him for guidance. That fact is at least comprehensible. But Andrew Tate, as well as the other ‘Redpill’ con artists and illiterate sex pests, remain a complete mystery to me. What is happening here?
One theory is that the Left has not even attempted, over these past six or seven years, to speak to young men about anything at all other than to call them either instinctual abusers or privileged airheads who don’t know how to do anything right. It does not take a genius to realize that this has been a profoundly poor oratorical strategy for positive change within the populace. Millions of boys have been pushed into the arms of the worst possible role models. I am not going nearly as far as some in saying that ‘Feminism was a mistake’ or ‘Wokeness has destroyed the West’ or any other such nonsense. That idiocy is both regressive and unhelpful to the current issue. Even though it is true that men have been derided in pop culture for a good while now, I feel that negligence is the chief culprit here. People just do not care about the struggles of young men; of which there are many. Suicide among young men has reached epidemic levels across many countries. Teenage mental health is in the gutter and there seems to be no attempts to fix this.
In comes the most corrosive personalities imaginable to fill this gap and actually reach out specifically to boys and young men. Millions of lonely and angry boys feel heard and looked out for by charlatans who just want their money. It’s rather sad just to watch unfold. And I cannot say I blame these boys. Not because I feel their unified move to the Right is a good thing. It is a very bad thing. It is because they are teenage boys! I was an angry little fool at fifteen, too. I was lucky enough to have people who steered me in the right direction and alleviated my loneliness and anger. If I did not have those people, and I was left completely alone to discover the world without guidance, I would’ve become a monster. No question. There are countless boys who are being neglected, not only in their homes, but by society. This problem will get worse and worse so long as no solutions are attempted. The most dangerous contingency of any populace is the young men. They should be watched very carefully in every single generation. All it takes is for one generation to go sour and everybody pays for it.
Now, one can hope that many of these boys will grow out of this stage and realize they were only making their anger and loneliness even worse. I suspect many will. But a dangerous number may become even more convinced of their outlook as they grow older. These kinds of young men are the specific type to destabilize a generation merely out of a desire to purposely damage a society they feel has ‘betrayed’ them. I’ve spoken with enough of these types to recognize that many of them, for example, voted for Donald Trump because they ‘Just wanted to see what would happen.’ Or ‘Just wanted to see how bad things could get.’ Or ‘Just wanted to see how angry people would get.’ There is an obvious detachment from reality happening here that comes from one who has given up on a productive life of any kind. These are the exact same types who you will catch saying things like ‘All women are whores’ or ‘Homosexuality is degeneracy.’ It would be unbelievably unfortunate if these individuals became the majority of voices in a place like the United States of America; the most powerful country in the world.
In order to prevent such a disaster, it is imperative that the more reasonable rhetoric reaches the male youth. The adults who think Andrew Tate is a ‘real man’ worthy of mimicking in any fashion, and who believe the purpose of life is ‘money and bitches’ are already sitting too low on the IQ spectrum to be saved, I’m afraid. I’d be happy to be proven wrong on that, though. It is the boys who must be reached out to by educators or even relatives. As I said before, it can be expected for a teenage boy to develop some of the dumbest philosophies you’ve ever heard of regarding life, love, wealth and happiness. The lack of father figures in a society can also be extraordinarily destructive. Teenage boys pretend that they do not need anybody and do not require validation from anybody. They are liars. Every human being who is not leaning toward sociopathy requires these things. The proof is in the fact that the same boys who say such things are always drawn to the right-wing dullards who are at least attempting to show them a path to security and fulfillment. Their path is false, of course. But if the only path shown to a young boy is false, they cannot be blamed for not choosing the right path which was entirely invisible to them.
This is where educators are meant to step in. Proper teachers. Proper guidance counselors. Even proper older siblings, older cousins, uncles, grandfathers, or older thoughtful friends. No peace can be found whatsoever in the pursuit of ‘money and bitches.’ Even typing that sentence out makes me cringe at the so-called ‘philosophies’ being subscribed to in this generation.
As I said: something is very wrong here. Steps should be taken to prevent this getting worse. The first step, in my opinion, is merely speaking about the issue and shedding light on it. A thing that is broken cannot be fixed in the dark.