A normal American male would work like heck to break free of parents and make his own way in a world of freedom and personal liberty. That would be the path of someone with real self esteem in a country driven by The Declaration and Constitution.
“That would be the path of someone with real self esteem in a country driven by The Declaration and Constitution.”
Maybe if they lived in one they’d do so. Once affirmative action withstood legal challenges and became the law of the land (and policy in many companies as well), the independent white American middle class was doomed. For example, young men in my town can’t take firefighter exams in neighboring Newark NJ due to their residency requirements, yet Newark residents can take ours because of some settlement negotiated with the NAACP (!). Don’t expect our young guys to strike out on their own any time soon; those are plum positions that allow people to take out mortgages and start families...
All those young men can’t be wrong; they are (often) saving themselves from a life of misery.