Why is not working a problem? Obviously, it means you aren’t earning wages, but it goes deeper than that. Jobs are a source of dignity, a sense of self-worth; people who aren’t working when they feel they should be — a problem that, like it or not, is even now bigger for men than women — feel shame, which all too easily turns into anger, a desire to blame someone else and lash out.
So the lack of jobs for men helps extremist political movements that appeal to angry men. In Germany, the AfD has much stronger support <https://www.statista.com/statistics/1478110/afd-voter-profile-age-gender-germany/> among men than women. Polls show a large advantage <https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-abc-news-ipsos-poll-convention-bounce-widens-gap-women/story?id=113246534> for Kamala Harris among women in the United States, while Trump leads among men. Places where there are many men without jobs are fertile ground for MAGA, which is trying to court the “manoverse <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/politics/trump-politics-nelk-boys.html> .” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/opinion/trump-afd-germany-manufacturing-economy.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32126): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32126 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108345083/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
