This is what I posted in a dupe thread back in November:
Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans - My Post
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Well, what do you expect from a group that has seen the following:
1. Divorce raped into the next dimension
2. Jobs shipped overseas / benefits destroyed.
3. Vibrant communities now ghost towns.
4. Constantly reminded by the media and society that your problems don’t matter because you’re white and well, you have it easy. Say anything un-PC and have your life destroyed.
5. Multiple stupid fuckin wars (Vietnam and Iraq) that have claimed the lives of many of your relatives and/or friends. Those severely injured are left to deal with the inefficient VA that barely can do anything right for years on end; despite the fact politicians have time to appease and bend over backwards for stupid bullshit SJW causes and illegal immigrants.
6. Watched illegal immigrants be given preferential status in many instances; including in the labor market, welfare benefits, and culturally.
7. Once feminine thin women turn into fat disgusting slobs who abuse the court system to extract every cent of child support possible. No one cares that you can’t pay or see your kids frequently.
Some people are simply going to be overwhelmed with all the aforementioned and give up. For those left, sadness will eventually turn to anger. There is a reason someone like Trump is doing as well as he is in the polls. A storm several decades in the making is coming.
Furthermore, what chicane said rings very true:
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Loneliness, isolation and a lack of purpose. Add to that no hope of ever having a family. Why not give up? There is truly nothing to live for. That's my life.
Today I listened to an episode of "The Art of Manliness" that's several weeks old. It was an interview with the author of "Charlie Mike" talking about some of the issues that are affecting returning vets. Going from being part of a team to being alone. Going from having a mission to having none. There are a few organizations out there that are addressing those issues.
As a veteran, I can speak about this directly. One of the most jarring things about returning to civilian life is realizing and finally accepting that no one gives a shit about your service time unless they have a relative/close friend that was/still in the military.
Since only a very small part of the population joins the military now, you run into A LOT of people (dating, employers, random people) who have ZERO concept of what you REALLY have dealt with being government property during wartime for years on end. Furthermore, sometimes people will even TALK DOWN to you like you those 4+ years of your life were on easy street or something. I shit you not: I've even had people say to me I don't deserve the GI Bill; implying directly or indirectly that I didn't it earn it in some capacity.
Unless you talk to other veterans, no one seems to remotely get it, have the slightest care in the world of just trying to get it a tiny bit, or gives a shit just in general. It can be pretty isolating sometimes; especially if you live in a libtard area where anti-military viewpoints are a bit more prevalent.
In dating, I've had chicks ask me if I had PTSD from the get-go (I don't). I've had other chicks say that they won't even date a Marine or anyone in the military just on principle. Even had a few whores say they will only date officers. Many chicks seem to have a anti-military bent to them; even if you are ex-military. Because many of these chicks only have a superficial concept of the military, you actually start off in the hole with them; having to prove that you are not like "the typical military guy."
Employers put on a big PR front about hiring vets but its mostly just a front. As I've come to find out, many organizations behind the scenes don't want veterans due to possible integration issues and/or due to a fear of making the current employees look like shit. Many simply don't even know how to interpret your experience or give it the basic respect/benefit of the doubt it deserves. If you don't fit into their square box designed for people on a strict civilian career track, you are pretty much fucked unless you get someone in the hiring process who is ex-military themselves.
Anyhow, as a veteran who happens to be a white male: it is only relatively recently where I have realized and accepted that the overall culture and society largely doesn't give a shit about me no matter what I do. I'm guilty before innocent and my problems and concerns don't matter.
That's life but I won't be standing by waiting to take in the ass from ignorant arrogant people that don't give a shit about me; hoping they will come around one day. I'll just do what I have to do to move forward like I have always done.
On a random note: I was just in the gym a while back having a laugh with some guy joking about silly "first world problems" and some sloppy fat Asian chick yelled out in the middle of our conversation "you mean first world white peoples problems!"
I played it off and kept my cool obviously with that minor shit-test but I could tell by the tone of her voice that there was a real undercurrent of resentment and that because I'm a white male, somehow I don't have real issues in my life, I was born on 2nd base, and I shit out gold bars as par for the course. If anyone knew me and what I've been through, they'd know that is absolutely bullshit.
I wrote a massive post about what life is like for many guys these days if anyone wants a sense about what I mean exactly:
The "Entitled Millennial" Non-Sense is Getting Really Tiresome
As I said in my dupe thread post:
Some people are simply going to be overwhelmed with all the aforementioned and give up.
For those left, sadness will eventually turn to anger. There is a reason someone like Trump is doing as well as he is in the polls.
A storm several decades in the making is coming.