Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution

by Tucker Carlson

Millions of American men make less than their fathers did. This is a depressing betrayal of the American dream, but it’s also a recipe for societal collapse. When men’s wages decline, families fall apart. This fact is well known to researchers. It’s been the subject of many studies over decades, with consistent results. One study released in 2017 found that when men’s wages fell relative to women’s, young people stopped getting married. According to the authors, a falling male wage reduced “the attractiveness of men as potential spouses, thus reducing fertility and especially marriage rates.” Researchers also noted a dramatic increase in out-of-wedlock births when men made less. In the words of one of the authors, an economics professor at MIT, “We see a decline in fertility, a decline in marriage, but a rise in the fraction of births that are disadvantaged, and as a consequence the kids are living in pretty tough circumstances.”