Male Roles, Obligations and Options for Building a Fulfilling Life | Scott Galloway

“So I loosely break it down into three very reductive qualities. And that is the first is to be a provider. I'm not talking about the way the world is, but the way the world should be. I think every young man should have a plan and have an assumption that at some point, he will have to be the economic leader provider for for his family.”

“It’s about, at some point, can you honestly look in the mirror and say, I add surplus value. I create more tax revenue and jobs than I absorb. Everyone absorbs tax revenue if you're in America. I listen to more people complain than I complain. Right? I love more people than love me.”

“Unfortunately, we have attached 40% of the market value of the S and P to incendiary content that tears us apart. And the result is people now don't believe that Russian troops pouring over the border in Ukraine is their enemy. They believe that their neighbor with a Trump sign is their enemy or someone who doesn't believe your ideology around gender politics is your enemy.”

“Everyone you admire, everyone you think has killed it, the only thing I can guarantee you is there were a ton of nos in getting to one of the top 10 podcasts in the world, getting to a person as a partner who's higher character and hotter than you, getting to make more money than you would have ever guessed that person would have made. The only thing that got them there was the willingness and the endurance to to anticipate no.”

“If I could have one policy, one blanket, if I had a magic wand, one policy, it'd be mandatory national service. If you look at the lowest levels of young adult depression in the West, it's two countries. It's Israel and Singapore. And despite all the existential threats facing Israel, they what does mandatory national service do? It gives you the sense that you're serving the agency of something bigger than yourself.”

“We are literally transferring trillions of dollars from young people to old people. And we wonder why young men feel anxious when they are disparate. But 75% of women say economic viability is key to a mate. It's only 25% of men.”

“Economic hypergamy is still an absolutely full, full force. So if we don't figure out a way to level up all young people economically such that there's more pass for economic viability for young men, I think it's just gonna tear at our society.”

“I think they should study and and thoughtfully consider lowering their drinking age back to 18. I live in The UK and see by your face where those are going. I live in The UK. Military drinking age 18. I mean, I like some of the things that I've been doing. Well, if you're in the military, you can drink under the age of 21 because the idea is that if you're gonna die for your country, you should be able you're adult enough to order a drink.”

“America isn't about identifying a superclass of rich kids and the freakishly remarkable. It's about betting on unremarkable kids. So, this is what we need to do. We need if you're a university and you have more than a billion dollar endowment and you're not growing your freshman class faster than population, you're a hedge fund with classes and you should lose your tax free status.”

“The ultimate expression of masculinity is to get involved in the life of a child that isn't yours. And not enough men are doing it. Even really successful men. They're not stepping up. They're not helping young men. And the easiest thing to do, the most and it's so rewarding.”