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Re:America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men by solipsism on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:13PM (#12649361)
One of those groups who have had a bad time of it, for example, is African American males. If your theory doesn't include race (and racism), it's woefully incomplete.
Re:America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men by michaelchisari on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:30PM (#12649442)
HN doesn't like your comment, but it brings up a good point.

Groups that have had (or have had the promise of) something react differently when that something is taken away, compared to groups that never had (or were promised) it in the first place.

There were never the same promises made to black men as were made to white men. So while black men have lost that nebulous "american dream", they're much less interested in demagoguery and strongman solutions.

A portion of white men, however, might feel a sense of strong injustice at losing something that has felt almost like our birthright. Others might change their perspective and realize that the promise was never all that concrete to begin with.

Re:America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men by adventured on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:53PM (#12649879)
> they're much less interested in demagoguery and strongman solutions

The existence of the Black Panther Party and numerous similar movements for decades, says otherwise. Louis Farrakhan is an obvious recent example of a demagogue.

Re:America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men by michaelchisari on Thursday October 06, 2016 @04:05AM (#12650896)
Farrakhan's support is over grossly over-exaggerated, and the BPP often mischaracterized.
Re:America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men by jombiezebus on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:58PM (#12649638)
I think the reasoning goes: mass underemployment -> discontent -> voting for in-group-identifying representative to fight on their behalf. There may be many black men who have reached the second step, but who view Trump as an outsider (from their perspective) and have not found a substitute representative (i.e., their "black Trump").