Why Young Men Are Done With Institutions (And They're Not Wrong)

[00:00:00]Did you know trust in police, courts, [music] and schools has dropped faster among men under 35 than any other group in America? Here is what nobody wants to say out [music] loud. For a lot of young men, that distrust is completely rational. Look at Albuquerque, one of the highest violent crime rates in the country. A court system so backed up that cases rot for [music] years.

[00:00:21]Schools where a third of kids never graduate. When you grow up watching institutions fail the people around you, you don't become a protester. [music] You stop showing up. You stop voting.

[00:00:32]You stop joining. You stop committing to anything long-term because long-term feels like a trap. You handle your own security. You keep your money close. You stay single. Not out of anger, but out of math. That is what makes this so hard to fix. You cannot shame someone out of a conclusion they reached through lived experience. [music] The institutions did not just lose these men. They gave them a reason to leave, and the men took it.