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Windy Genie
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A wee bit passionate about renewable energy. Recovering oil and gas engineer. Wanna-be political centrist. 🍁
Great! Set out the overall mandate, entrust ministers to support the overall mission in their respective areas and demand executive level capabilities to set their team's respective strategies and roll with the punches as external forces demand. Punt them if they don't deliver.
May 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Looking forward to an easy supply of Honey Dill
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So have we circled back to loss of privilege yet? Because I've not heard any other cause for this disenfranchisement of young men beyond 'I don't have the same head start in society that my dad/grandad had at my age'
April 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm really not trying to be argumentative, but I don't see why young men have exposure to the benefits of our societal growth and yet are choosing to push for regression in greater numbers than other groups
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Again - young women are exposed to all of that too, and I'd argue the impact is more much toxic and dangerous for women.
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Exactly - why? It is absolutely alarming but the solution isn't just to placate... What is driving this group and not others to the (ultra) right. They have challenges to be sure, but so do other groups who are not turning to hate.
April 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As someone who is obviously passionate about the issue, do you have a view on what's driving it? Because I'm trying but the most likely cause to me seems to be that they don't have the same leg up that their fathers did at the same age. I'm sincerely interested in your view and happy to be wrong.
April 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm trying to figure out what is 'happening' to them. Because from my perspective everything that is 'happening' to young men is also happening to young women, but only one group is running in large numbers to the right wing.
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm asking what is driving the 'crisis'. All of the other groups you mentioned are at real risk, at least in the US currently, of having legal rights restricted. What is the issue(s) impacting young men?
April 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm not aware of any similar restrictions being imposed on men, however there seems to be a movement to regress on women's rights.
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Advancements in women's rights occurred when societal structures that limited their ability to get an education, have a career, manage their own finances, control their own bodies began to be lifted.
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My point is that both genders are facing the same external challenges, so the 'disconnect' and 'crisis' in young men seems to be due to an internal factor they are applying on themselves. Angst over loss of expected privilege seems a reasonable explanation but I'm open to others if they exist.
April 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What exactly is the oppression that an under 30yo man faces that an under 30yo woman doesn't face? My university age daughter faces the same rising rent, the same challenging job market? Why the language of oppression for young men?
April 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Un grand merci à nos amis français!
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I bring their chocolate back every time I'm in nova scotia. I'm sure they're in toronto somewhere but I've not run across them. Such a fantastic gift for friends from abroad.
March 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
PEI ❤️
March 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What would be an effective action in your view?
March 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM