Working-class American men are getting lonelier and sicker and their lives are shortening. It’s not just a sad state of affairs. It’s a full-blown crisis that demands policy solutions.
  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    2 months ago

    filtered masks on jobsites with particles is still not a hard requirement, pay is not keeping up with the cost of living, no universal healthcare

    welcome to the US

    • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      2 months ago

      The only thing that carried me through rough times was a hobby where I regularly meet a group of people for sports. Then you live so you can go there again the next week.

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        This is how I’ve been feeling about mutual aid 🤘 now I’m helping two times a week

  • nifty@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    I think UBI and reskilling or upskilling programs with apprenticeship placements would help. I am not saying coding boot camps, I am saying more specialized stuff like electrical grid maintenance etc

  • militaryintelligence@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    Its rough out here. Every boss I’ve had in the past 10 years has minimized my labor, when I work my as off while he complains he’s broke as he buys a Tesla and $2000 wheels and tires.