# FF: The Lost Generation: How DEI Drove Men Out of the American Workforce

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Podcast: [Lions of Liberty Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417)
Published: 2026-08-25T02:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.lionsofliberty.com/
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## Resource

This episode examines the declining male labor force participation rate in America, which has fallen to its lowest level since 1948, with roughly one in three men no longer working or seeking work. While mainstream explanations point to manufacturing decline, an aging population, and the opioid crisis, host John Odermatt argues that a decade of DEI policies has systematically pushed men—especially white men—out of industries across corporate America, academia, media, and tech. Drawing on Jacob Savage's viral Compact Magazine article "The Lost Generation" and survey data from hiring managers themselves, the episode presents sector-by-sector evidence of documented hiring discrimination. Odermatt shares his own experience of being pushed out of corporate America and reframes the crisis not as a story of victimhood, but as a call for men to build income streams they control—through entrepreneurship, skilled trades, and commission-based work. The episode closes with a challenge to listeners: stop building your life on a foundation someone else can pull out from under you. Video Chapters 0:00 - The Hook: One in Three Men Are Not Working 1:10 - Welcome to Finding Freedom 2:09 - The Mainstream Explanation: Manufacturing, Opioids & Aging 3:03 - The DEI Explanation: What the Media Won't Say 3:32 - The Raw Numbers: Labor Force Participation Data 6:42 - Jacob Savage's "The Lost Generation" Article 8:18 - Sector-by-Sector: TV, Medicine, Academia, Tech & Media 11:22 - What Hiring Managers Admit: The Survey Data 13:45- The Fallout: Opioids, Video Games & Walking Away 16:07 - The Real Lesson: Build Your Own Escape & Closing Sources: The Lost Generation — Jacob Savage, Compact Magazine: compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation What's Really Going On With Men and Work — American Insti…

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