“...white men dropping out - dropping out of the workforce, dropping out of elections, just plain dropping out, getting social security, not doing anything, going hunting, fishing, just not in the game...”
You are seeing Atlas shrugging. Let the ‘takers’ see how their socialist Utopia functions without a diminishing number of ‘makers’. The economy is going to duplicate Mugabe and Zimbabwe.
I see it happening across the economic, political, and social spectra, which I consider interrelated, anyway.
White guys, choosing not to commit or marry, not employed (or under-employed), not voting, etc.
Let's see how long this country can exist without it's traditional "worker bees" just dropping out of participation.