I think progressives never thought about this because we banked on immigration and demographic change allowing us to win culturally and electorally but the issue is immigrants tend to be overwhelmingly male, that is how Trump won actually he won over a lot of Hispanic,Black,Asian and indigenous men who feel humiliated by a new culture, economy and world.
So what can we do rhetorically and policy wise to win more young men over ?
You’re a married male. People who are in their late teens/early 20’s are looking for life advice and people to emulate.
The sad thing is there’s not a lot of good advice right now.
The world is VASTLY different than 50 years ago. No you can’t just talk to the boss of the building and ask for a job.
The insane numbers game that job applications have become is so opaque that any advice in it is about as useful as sacrificing a goat.
Every company wants to remove as many humans as possible from its payroll. Covid and AI have proven this beyond a shadow of a doubt, loyalty means absolutely nothing now.
Just surviving in this current environment is a brand new challenge and field.