The real problem is that an adult male used to be able to drop out of high school and could possibly find a job that paid an adequate wage. But now, there is no place in the economy for those individuals.
Should they commit mass suicide? People used to be able to get good jobs out of high school for two main reasons:
- High schools used to teach literacy, math, shop, etc. The pace was kept at what would be challenging for the smarter kids, and the ones who couldn't deal with it could drop out. Now the pace is kept at the level of the slowest, so everybody can get a "diploma" that means nothing
- A business's personnel dept could take an applicant, give him a 10 minute written test to check if he knew how to read, write, and do math, and make a quick decision on whether he was worth hiring. Now such tests will bring a lawsuit from EEOC if they flunk more blacks than whites. So businesses have to get around that by demanding a college degree to fill any position that requires that the person knows how to read. As the college diploma becomes as worthless as the HS diploma, businesses will demand grad degrees. Where the insanity will collapse, I don't know.
If the US is to survive, we need to dump all the PC crap. We're no longer wealthy enough to afford it