But watching it, you can see how people like him are very vulnerable to the RW propaganda making the rounds. A young man, fairly intelligent, but stuck in a cycle of depression and mental illness brought on by a combination of bad economic circumstances and toxic masculinity norms. He is not adapting so he self-medicates, maybe gets arrested. And now he REALLY can't get a job.
They get angry, want to blame people. Not defending that, just saying I understand how they get there. I wish I understood how to get them back....
Better education and early mental health interventions would probably be of great help, but toxic masculinity says depression is weakness so don't ask for help (menists guys on the web ACTUALLY say this a great deal. Only cukes get depressed) and that you can't do 'girly' jobs like nursing, even though there is a demand for those. Temperamentally and culturally, not all are not suited to college. That leaves the military and police force, also not for everyone. I dunno... It's a hard problem, not the least of it is that they won't ask for help or tell people what is really bothering them.
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