Monday, August 17, 2026 · America's Demoralized Men
GEN Z MEN DROPPING OUT OF WORKFORCE — LABOR PARTICIPATION CRASHES TO 56%...
Male Gen Z labor participation has plummeted to just 56 percent. AI is gutting entry-level jobs while these young men carry mortgage-sized student debt for degrees that delivered nothing.
This is the direct result of a credentialed system that failed them and a culture that told them college was the only path. Over a million trade jobs sit unfilled. Terry Schilling has hammered this on Fox Business: common sense says there's a better route than $80K–$150K in debt for a paper that doesn't pay.
Idle young men breed unrest. The data shows 60 percent of under-45s feel worse off than their parents. Helping the next generation marry, build families, and enter real work is how you break the cycle and keep them out of radical traps.
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