DEI Didn’t Just Fail — It Created a Generation of Radicalized Men | Episode 111

Summary

The Brett Cooper Show

Episode 111: DEI Didn’t Just Fail — It Created a Generation of Radicalized Men

Date: December 18, 2025
Host: Brett Cooper

---

Episode Overview

In this episode, Brett Cooper dissects the profound societal changes brought about by DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives, focusing specifically on their impact on young white men in professional America. Prompted by Jacob Savage's viral Compact Magazine article "The Lost Generation," Brett explores how these policies, while intended to foster equality, inadvertently created a cohort of disenfranchised and increasingly radicalized men. Through stories, data, industry anecdotes, and guest audio, Brett examines the shifting landscape in fields like Hollywood, journalism, and academia, questioning the real outcomes of a decade of DEI.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

DEI’s Timeline and the Shift in Opportunity (00:55–03:40)

• Brett introduces Jacob Savage’s viral article highlighting that DEI became institutionalized around 2014, profoundly altering opportunity structures for young white men starting their careers.
• Quote from Savage (read by Brett, 01:39):
  “The same identity, a decade apart, meant entirely different professional fates... If you were forty in 2014...you were already established. If you were thirty...you hit the wall. The mandates to diversify...landed on us.”
• Brett personalizes the analysis by recounting her child acting career and witnessing the trend first-hand, where casting became almost exclusively focused on “ethnically ambiguous” or non-white talent.

Industry Testimony: Tyler Fisher’s Story (03:40–05:43)

• Brett plays a segment from comedian Tyler Fisher, recounting repeated rejections not due to talent, but explicitly because he was a straight white male.
• Tyler Fisher (03:48):
  “...This agent that I am suing, or manager rather, reached out and said, we love you...But we’re not taking white guys.”
• Actual audio of a conversation between Fisher and an agent clarifies that the bias was not isolated or subtle—it was explicit industry policy.

Gatekeeping and Generational Divide (05:44–07:40)

• Brett emphasizes that the pivotal aspect of Savage’s article is that older white men, those already established, remained insulated from these policies, while millennial and Gen Z men were disproportionately affected.
• She notes the disconnect: while DEI critics cite the ‘old guard’ in power, young white men entering the workforce face the brunt of new policies.

Individual Examples Across Industries (07:41–12:47)

Story 1: Andrew, the Journalist (07:48–09:17)

• Andrew, a unionizing journalist, found workplace conversations and priorities shifting entirely to identity markers and fulfillment of quotas rather than merit or journalistic integrity.

Brett’s Personal Observation (08:45):

• “My job went from...read these scripts and pass along the ones with the best characters, the best stories, to a literal racial fire drill. They were losing their minds...It was so blatantly an attempt to appease a political mob versus trying to make good art.”

Story 2: The Ph.D. and Academia (12:51–14:38)

• A young historian, four years post-Ph.D., deemed “unemployable as a 20th century American historian” solely due to being a white man.
• Brett provides supporting statistics challenging the mainstream narrative of persistent male privilege, citing:
  • Harvard humanities: white men dropped from 49% (2014) to 27% (2024)
  • Berkeley physical sciences: only 26% of hires were white men, despite being 48% of applicants
  • Yale: only 14.6% of tenure-track hires since 2018 were white American men

Story 3: The Hollywood Writer (15:00–16:51)

• Savage receives a “needs sheet” from a major agency showing across-the-board requirements for “diverse” or “female” staff, with names like Noah Hawley and Ryan Murphy prioritizing anything but white men.
• These diversity mandates, Brett points out, mostly affected entry-level writers, leaving upper-level jobs for those already entrenched.

The Psychological and Cultural Fallout (16:52–20:29)

• Films and television became formulaic, focusing less on storytelling and more on representation checklists, leading to frustration and, according to Brett, a collapse in artistic quality.

• Douglas Mackey’s Resonant Quote (17:53):
  “Wanna know why movies suddenly sucked?... In 2011, white men were 48% of lower level TV writers. By 2024, they accounted for just 11.9%.”

• The demoralizing impact on young men extends beyond career limitations, into reluctance to form families or pursue traditional milestones.

• Savage’s personal reflection is shared as a poignant moment:

  • “I used to imagine...that I would take them to film sets, that I’d bring them along to exotic locations. Instead...Their father spends most of his working day in his bedroom, scrolling through spreadsheets and ticket listings. What do I say when my boys ask me about my old hopes and dreams?” (18:33)

Tucker Carlson Weighs In (19:06–20:29)

• Brett plays a segment from Tucker Carlson, who echoes the episode’s central theme:
  • Tucker Carlson (19:10):
    “They’ve grown up in, over the last 10 years, a world that hates them. And not in a subtle way, openly, with a Hutu-like directness and ferocity...They’ve been mocked and attacked and lectured and harangued and screamed at.”

Emergence of Alternative Media & Refocusing Energy (20:30–22:21)

• Brett reframes the generational response: adversity led many men to launch new platforms in alternative media, podcasts, YouTube, and Substack, which have become dominated by those sidelined in legacy industries.
• This creative exodus is seen as a positive force—energizing independent media and revitalizing American Christianity.
• “I do think that this pressure has created some diamonds...They built.”

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jacob Savage (read by Brett, 01:39):
  “The mandates to diversify didn't fall on older white men...They landed on us.”
• Tyler Fisher (03:48):
  “...We're not taking white guys. And I was just like, what the f—?...At least had the opportunity to audition, I'd feel okay about that.”
• Industry Needs Sheet Example (16:51):
  “Chicago Fire. The upper level can be anyone, but we need diverse staff writers.”
• Savage’s Reflection on Fatherhood (18:33):
  “What do I say when my boys ask me about my old hopes and dreams? What do I tell them when they ask about theirs?”
• Tucker Carlson (19:10):
  “They’ve grown up in a country that has systematically, in law, excluded them...Imagine growing up like that.”

---

Important Timestamps

• 00:55 — Introduction to Savage’s "The Lost Generation"
• 01:35 — Statistics on DEI’s impact in Hollywood, academia, journalism
• 03:40 — Tyler Fisher’s testimony of explicit discrimination
• 05:44 — Generational divide: older vs. younger white men under DEI
• 07:48 — "Andrew the journalist" and industry anecdotes
• 12:51 — PhD's struggle in academia, supporting data, cultural backlash
• 15:00 — Hollywood’s hiring mandates and effects on storytelling
• 16:52 — Declining quality in TV/film linked to identity mandates
• 18:33 — Savage’s personal loss and generational despair
• 19:06 — Tucker Carlson on psychological impact and public exclusion
• 20:30 — Rise of independent media and positive cultural reactions

---

Tone & Language

Brett’s tone throughout is urgent, personal, and unapologetically critical of DEI, blending personal anecdotes with deep empathy for those affected. There are moments of frustration, outrage, and also resilience: the story is not just about “victims” but also about adaptation, reinvention, and the creation of new spaces for disaffected groups.

---

Conclusion

This episode confronts the practical fallout of DEI, arguing that rather than correcting historical injustices, institutional diversity policies created new divides, most acutely felt by young white men entering the workforce over the last decade. Brett Cooper, through Savage’s journalism and a litany of personal stories, contends that exclusion bred not just bitterness and disconnection, but also an entrepreneurial and creative resurgence outside of legacy industries. The discussion closes on a note of cautious admiration for those forging new cultural movements in response to adversity—suggesting that while DEI may have failed to achieve balance, it inadvertently sparked a generational reckoning and a drive to build anew.

Transcript

[Jack Daniels Sponsor]

This episode is brought to you by Jack Daniels Jack Daniels and music are made for each other. They share a rhythm in the craft of making something timeless while being a part of legendary nights. From backyard jams to sold out arenas, there's a song in every toast. Please drink responsibly. Responsibility.org, jack Daniels and Old no. 7 are registered trademarks. Tennessee Whiskey 40% alcohol by volume. Jack Daniel Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee.

[Narrator/Host]

This episode is brought to you by Ebay.

[Ebay Sponsor]

Before all the algorithm fed blah and the endless sea of dupes, shopping used to feel more fun. Find that feeling again on ebay. It's not mindless scrolling, it's a fashion pursuit. And when you score that rare Adidas collab or the Dior saddlebag you've been manifesting, it's a rush. Ebay has millions of pre loved finds from hundreds of brands backed by authenticity guarantee. Ebay Things People Love.

[Narrator/Host]

What happened to the men? How did they get so radical? Why are all of the men so right wing? Well, DEI happened and Jacob Savage is here to prove it. So earlier this week on December 15th, Compact Magazine and Jacob Savage had the balls to go where very few other publications have gone and they released a scathing expose on the realities of DEI and more specifically, the impact that they had on white men. The article is titled the Lost Generation. And again, it's written by an author named Jacob Savage and his post on X sharing this article now has over 9 million impressions. People are now calling this article one of the most important pieces of political journalism ever. And it brings to light one of the most talked about issues in modern culture and modern politics. What happened to the men? All right, so this is not Jacob's first time writing on this topic. Talking about white men and dei. Over the summer, he actually had another article go viral. It was titled the Vanishing White Male Writer. And this topic is is very personal to Jacob Savage because he was once an aspiring screenwriter who was forced out of his dreams due to the implications from dei, specifically because his white skin tone. In this article he wrote, the doors seem to close everywhere and all at once. In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48% of lower level TV writers. By 2024, they accounted for just 11.9%. The Atlantic's editorial staff went from 53% male and 89% white in 2013 to 36% male and 66% white in 2024. White men fell from of tenure track positions in the humanities department at Harvard to 18% in 2023 in retrospect, 2014 was the hinge. The year that DEI became institutionalized across American life. Industry after industry gatekeepers were promised extra consideration to anyone who wasn't a white man. And then they provided just that. And thinking about Hollywood and his dreams of being a screenwriter, he was not wrong. Because Even back in 2014, like, Hollywood was the belly of the beast. I don't think I really noticed this or it impacted me until Trump's first term. I would say, like around 2016, but it became really routine. And you guys know I was a child actor. That's what I did when I was younger. But it was routine that every single breakdown I would get for an audition, no matter what the project was, it would have some line saying, you know, we're seeking an ethnically ambiguous actor. And they would list off the ideal races for the certain role. And then at the end, they would kind of be like, oh, yeah, if you're white, I guess you can audition. But, like, don't get your hopes up. Was basically the sentiment that was given to us. Like, it even became a running joke, a non political joke with even my left wing high school friends that we would go out for roles, we would get callbacks, we would go to director sessions, we'd even get pinned. And then, oh, somebody diverse got the role. Like, it was just so expected. And 10 years later, it's only gotten more blatant. For example, comedian Tyler Fisher went public with the story of how an agent decided that they could not rep him because he was a straight white male. Listen to this.

[Tyler Fisher]

This has been happening for about 10 years. Every once in a while, a casting director would say, hey, you know, I want to submit you for this job, but we're not really doing the white guy thing right now. Okay, that's interesting. And it. It happened more and more frequently. And then this agent that I am suing, or manager rather, reached out and said, we love you. We want to get you auditions for Curb youb Enthusiasm, all this stuff, and said, great. Few months later, they reach out, said, we want to call. We want to get you on the phone. So I'm sitting there like, all right, here we go. Finally, it's all. It's all happening. And he goes, we hit a snag. We really love you. We think you're a star, but we're not taking white guys. And I was just like, what the f. You know, been at this for 15 years. Not that I deserve anything, you know, if I went my whole career without getting booked on something, but I At least had the opportunity to audition, I'd feel okay about that.

[Narrator/Host]

And that's the key point. You at least want the opportunity to get your foot in the door to at least feel like maybe you're being considered based on merit. Even if you don't get the job, if it's in Hollywood, if it's in any other industry, people are just asking for the opportunity to be considered equally. I thought we cared about equality, but of course, it's more about equity these days. And you know, Tyler's story, it's not just hearsay. He actually has the recording of that conversation. Listen to this.

[Tyler Fisher]

Is it a policy, like explicit that they're not taking on any, like white men? Or is it like case by case.

[Casting Director/Agent]

On campus talent stand up? Probably not.

[Tyler Fisher]

Okay, so no. So no white men are allowed for on camera stuff.

[Casting Director/Agent]

I guess it's right now where it's dance. But like, yeah, you could change it here depending on if casting directors, that's not their feedback anymore, or night casting directors, you know, studios, whatever it may be, where it's like, this is what we're looking for.

[Narrator/Host]

So yeah, Tyler, why don't you just sit on your hands and hope that the world is gonna change in a year. Now obviously that did not happen. Tyler recorded that audio multiple years and the situation is still the same. So the point being, it's not just Jacob who experienced this in Hollywood. It certainly wasn't just Tyler. Which is why millions upon millions of men across social media feel so seen and vindicated by this article. But the thing is, it wasn't all men. It was specifically young men. And as a woman who has kind of been outside of the situation looking in, the most interesting part of the article to me was the positioning that it was older white men who made these pledges at their companies, within their industries, and helped usher in DEI for everyone under them. But they, those men in executive positions, the older men, they did not suffer. They continued to hold their positions of power while younger white men were being erased from entry level positions and skipped over for promotions. It was millennials who suffered the most. It was the older Gen Z ers. It's men still coming into industries right now. And people look around at this situation, they go, I can't. Why are men so radicalized? Why are they so right wing? I mean, hello, the answer is right in front of our faces. Savage wrote. But for white male millennials, DEI wasn't a gentle rebalancing. It was a profound shift in how power and prestige were distributed. Yet practically none of the thousands of articles and think pieces about diversity have considered the issue by cohort. This isn't a story about all white men. It is a story about white male millennials in professional America, about those who stayed and who mostly stayed quiet. The same identity, a decade apart meant entirely different professional fates. If you were 40 in 2014, born in 1974, beginning your career in the late 90s, you were already established. If you were 30 in 2014, you hit the wall. Because the mandates to diversify didn't fall on older white men, who in many cases still wield enormous power. They landed on us. And I think this, you know, distinguishing by cohort is so important because even as I was researching this article, I was on TikTok trying to find some clips to insert into the story. And I saw so many of these videos from, you know, 2020 and 2021, where all these people are screaming about the power of white men and why we need DEI and why we need to diversify. And they're like, all of these men hold all of the wealth. These white men hold the executive positions. Okay, yeah, a lot of them still do. But what about the normal, average white man who is just trying to get by, who is just trying to start his career, who's just trying to get his foot in the door to even be one of those executive men? We are talking about two completely different groups. Now, from here, as he establishes this premise, Savage goes on to tell the stories of three different men across three different industries who all suffered the same fate. Now, the first one that he brings up is Andrew, a journalist who was pushed out of the editorial world by executives with DEI agendas. He wrote. Suddenly, in Andrew's newsroom, everything was driven by identity. There were endless diversity trainings, a racial climate assessment, and at one point, reporters were told that they had to catalog in minute detail the identity characteristics of all of their sources. Andrew had been instrumental in forming the union at his company and objected when negotiations shifted from severance pay and parental leave to demands for racial quotas. They wanted to do, like, emergency hires of black people, he said. And this line about emergency hires makes me laugh because obviously I have a different experience. But I remember sitting in my office in 2020 when I was an intern at a production company, which was, you know, a serious Oscar winning production company. This was like a real company. And I've said it before in different interviews and videos, but my job went from, you know, as an intern, read these scripts and pass along the ones with the best characters, the best stories to a literal racial fire drill. I mean, they were losing their minds. They were like, we, we don't have enough black stories. You need to find us an indigenous movie with a strong female lead. I was like, okay, well, does it matter if the script's good? No, we just need to have these characters like it happened overnight. And it was so disgusting and so disheartening to me because it was so blatantly an attempt to appease a political mob versus trying to make good art versus trying to tell stories that impact people and make them better. It was simply just trying to. To check a box to make people happy. And in recounting the stories and hearing from Jacob and Tyler and all these things, I just like, thank God that I am out of that world, that I'm independent. I'm at my farm using a mallow beef tallow on my face, which all of you need to be doing with my friends over at Amallo. And I know that this sounds unusual, but the results speak for themselves. And apparently a ton of you guys agree because everyone who tries Amallo tallow gets obsessed. And if you're wondering, tallow is literally just rendered beef fat. But it is packed with the same fatty acids and nutrients that your skin naturally uses and needs. It absorbs, hydrates and helps your skin stay balanced for without all the unnecessary ingredients that are found in most synthetic moisturizers. And out of all of the brands out there, and I have tried all of them, Amalo is the one that I trust the most. They're a small family owned business made right here in the us they use grass fed and grass finished tallow and organic essential oils. It is clean, it's minimal, it's small batch. It's just the good stuff that your skin actually wants. And now big news. They have launched two brand new products. A non toxic deodorant that actually works and a tallow based sun balm that nourishes and protects without all of the harsh chemicals. So whether you are ready to try tallow for the first time or you just wanna get your hands on their new launch, head on over to amalo.com cooper and use code cooper25 for 25% off your order through the end of the year. Again, that is Cooper 25 for 25% off. And guys, of course after I lather my face in beef towel at the end of the day, the only thing left to do is get in bed on my beautiful Helix mattress. Guys, with the holidays ramping up, I've been thinking a lot about how crucial good sleep is during this busy season. Especially having a baby. Like between having a newborn and traveling and hosting and dodging all of the sickness that is going around. Like I need every ounce of of rest that I can get and that is why I rely on my Helix mattress for the best sleep possible. As you guys know I have had my Helix for over two years now and the difference is night and day. I have deeper sleep. I wake up energized even with a newborn. And no, I'm not joking. Their mattresses are just that good and I promise the baby loves it as well. Helix also made it easy to find the perfect mattress with their Quick Sleep quiz. Plus they are the most awarded sleep brand out there, praised by Forbes and Wired with free shipping, 120 night trial and a limited lifetime warranty and they're happy with Helix guarantee for hassle free returns. Makes it even better this holiday gift yourself better sleep. Head on over to helixsleep.com Brett for 27% off any purchase that is helixsleep.com Brett for27% off any purchase make sure that you enter our show name into the post purchase survey so that they know we say.

[Instagram Representative]

Last year Instagram launched Teen Accounts which default all teens into automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. And we'll continue adding new safeguards for teens to help give parents peace of mind, explore Teen accounts, automatic protections and all of our ongoing [e-mail] teenaccounts.

[Marshall's Sponsor]

Marshall's buyers are hustling hard to get amazing new gifts into stores right up to the last minute. Like a designer perfume for that friend who never RSVP'd a wishlist topping toys for her kids who came too. Belgian chocolates for the neighbor, a cozy scarf for your boss, and a wool jacket for your husband that you definitely did not. Almost forget Marshalls. We get the deals, you get the good stuff. Even at the last minute.

[Narrator/Host]

Phew.

[Marshall's Sponsor]

Find a Marshall's near you.

[Narrator/Host]

Anyway, so back to the article. The second man that Savage highlighted was a PhD student looking for a career in academia. And he writes, quote, I'm 35 years old, I'm four plus years post Ph.D. and quite frankly, I'm also a white dude. Combine those factors together and I'm for all intents and purposes unemployable as a 20th century American historian. The pile on was swift and vicious. You're all just laughable, wrote the New York Times. Nikole Hannah Jones have you seen the data on professorships? White males are 30% of the US population, but nearly 40% of faculty tweeted a tenured professor at GWU, hard to make the case for systemic discrimination. And then Jacob goes on and he says it didn't matter that as far back as 2012, women were more likely to be tenure track across the humanities than men. Or that a 2015 peer reviewed study suggested STEM hiring favored women. Or even that an association of Academic DEI Professionals found that assistant professors of color 35% and female assistant professors 52% are overrepresented in comparison to US doctoral degree recipients 32% and 44%, respectively. And I know that we're in the weeds here with data and statistics, but we should also say that at Harvard, white men went from 49% in 2014 to 27% in 2024. At Berkeley, in their fiscal sciences department, white men were 48% of applicants, but only 26% of hires. At Yale since 2018, only 14.6% of tenure track assistant professors hired were white American men. Or we could say simply across the board, we could argue that fewer and fewer men are being hired. Maybe the Gen Xers are still in those positions. Maybe that is what the New York Times writers are referencing. But what about the young men coming out of those universities looking for work? What about the fact that in the years following BLM, at S&P companies, 94% of new hires were people of color? And from that remaining 6% of hires, how many do you think were women over men? So I hope you're starting to see why men might be so discouraged and just a little bit angry. Now back to Jacob's article. He goes back to Hollywood and he interviews another writer. And that's the last man that he included in the piece. Writing a whistleblower sent me a document from early 2017, an internal needs sheet. Needs sheet compiled by a major talent agency that shows just how steep the headwinds were. Across the grid, which tracks staffing needs for TV writers rooms, the same shorthand appears dozens of times. Diverse female women in diverse Only these mandates came from some of the most powerful names in television. Noah Hawley, prioritizing women. Dean Delvin, prioritizing women. Ideally higher ethnic African American. Ryan Murphy from Glee and Scream Queens want female and diverse. Emphasis on African American. This was systemic discrimination, he writes, documented in writing, implemented without consequence. It is striking how casual it all was. Chicago Fire. The upper level can be anyone, but we need diverse staff writers. As in other industries, upper level positions, writers with experience and credits could still be filled by white men. But the entry level jobs, the staff writer and the co producer positions that Matt and thousands of other aspiring writers were competing for, they were reserved for others to literally just get your foot in the door to start your career. Now, Douglas Mackey, who I actually talked about in I think yesterday's episode, maybe he, quote, tweeted the article and he said, wanna know why movies Suddenly sucked? Why TV suddenly sucked? Why SNL sucks, quote. In 2011, white men were 48% of lower level TV writers. By 2024, they accounted for just 11.9%. Jack Daly responded with, Perhaps that's the one reason why the writing in Taylor Sheridan shows Yellowstone Landman, Tulsa King, mayor of Kingston Lioness, is so different from nearly everything else. And it's not that these writers and production teams are white and therefore just inherently better and more talented. It's just that Hollywood for over a decade became so focused on hiring minorities and then having those minorities tell their stories, speaking their truth, and then even putting parameters around what intersectionality boxes need to be checked in order for every production to be greenlit for those productions to qualify for Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes. It consumed the entire industry, from PAs to producers to staff writers to actors to costume designers. It impacted everything. So when you see an Americana style TV show about a white family in middle America doing Western things and riding horses, it is shocking. And it's also refreshing to the majority of us. Someone else said, are you saying that maybe, just maybe, the upcoming Netflix film Queen of Coal, about a trans coal miner in a downtrodden, hardscrabble town who comes to rescue the bigoted white men who were rejected her might be a product of DEI hiring and not meritocracy. Crazy, right? Just simply insane. And again, people look around, they have been looking around for years wondering why. Why are these young men so fed up, like, we have this man problem? What's the issue? Why do they think that the odds are stacked against them? Why aren't they driven to marry and start families? I'm sorry, but why would they? Why would they be driven to do that when they worry that they might not be able to get jobs, to buy a home to provide for said family? Now, the most devastating part of this entire article was when Jacob Savage wrote about his own sons and he said eventually the time machine conundrum was unresolved and we said our goodbyes. He's talking about a job that he had. There would be other screenplays, other projects, visits to studio lots and major pitches. But that was the last time that either of us saw the inside of a writer's room, that was the moment we came closest to a career. Had the political environment been different, one job might have led to another. And today I might have colleagues and work friends and a whole range of professional and personal experiences and entirely different, different life. At the time, I blamed those women. Of course I did. They have since ascended the TV ladder and work as co executive producers on major shows. On some level, even today, I can't help but think, that could have been me. That should have been me. There's a wounded pride here. How could there not be? I have two sons. I used to imagine long before. Oh, my God, it's gonna make me tear up. I used to imagine long before they were born that I would take them to film sets, that I'd bring them along to exotic locations instead. Their father spends most of his working day in his bedroom, scrolling through spreadsheets and ticket listings. What do I say when my boys ask me about my old hopes and dreams? What do I tell them when they ask about theirs? It's devastating. And he's not alone. Almost every industry spent over a decade overlooking these men. Hollywood mocked them relentlessly. Journalists spat in their faces. And now, come 2025, everyone is looking around going, hey, what?

[Casting Director/Agent]

Why?

[Narrator/Host]

Why are you so upset? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. What's the problem then? This. This is the problem. And it has been brewing for over a decade. In a recent episode, Tucker Carlson touched on this. Listen to what he said.

[Tucker Carlson]

They've grown up in, over the last 10 years, a world that hates them. And not in a subtle way, openly, with a Hutu like directness and ferocity. They've grown up in a country that has systematically, in law, excluded them from the workplace, from education, from federal grants, and has told them again and again and again, no, we're not discriminating against you. And yes, you deserve it. Imagine growing up like that. And again, this isn't behind the scenes. This is way out in the open. And not only has it done exactly that to young white men, of course white men being the one group, were officially excluded under dei. There's only ones, white men, white straight men. That's not whining. And by the way, this happens to be the 1 group in America who by and large have been taught for cultural reasons. Don't whine. Don't talk about yourself so much. No one wants to hear your story. And whatever you do, don't be the victim. All of that's good advice, by the way. But this group has not only been excluded with the force of law by the Justice Department in every state and at every college and university, with maybe three exceptions, they've been mocked and attacked and lectured and harangued and screamed at.

[Narrator/Host]

So there you have it. And obviously not every man has experienced something, you know, as severe and blatant as, say, what Jacob experienced or what Tyler Fisher experienced. You know, many men still found success in their industries. They made it work. But, I mean, ask any young man from both of these generations who worked through this era, and they would say that at some point in the last decade, something shifted. They felt it. Even if they still worked in their industries, even if they still got a good job, started a family, they knew, they do know that they have been discriminated against. But I will say, not to use a cliche, but I do think that this pressure has created some diamonds. Like, the good thing is, I do think that something remarkable has come of this and that is our evolving independent media landscape. Like, listen to this comment. This guy said, it is no coincidence that alt media, YouTube, podcasting and Substack all took off right at the peak of dei. Nor is it a coincidence that these fields are heavily dominated by white men. They were essentially banished from academia, media and corporate America as a matter of explicit policy. So they had to create new outlets from scratch. And they did it well. And in large part, I think that men like that drove us towards a focus on authentic media and away from these legacy media outlets who are also discriminating against them. They did that even as they were overlooked, pushed aside, canceled, and fired. They did that, and many went on to be successful. Many continued to start families. They did that. And they all also started flocking back to church, causing a resurgence in American Christianity. Against all odds, I would say they still did what men do best. They built. And I hope that they continue to do so. And while we can obviously argue that it would have been better for society, it would have been easier for these men if this DEI bullshit had never taken hold. I do think that it created a generation of young men who are a force to be reckoned with. And all I can say is, hopefully the old guards already. What's up, guys? I'm Kyle, and I would never lie to you. No reason to question that, right?

[Tyler Fisher]

Wrong.

[Narrator/Host]

I was lying to you. This was a disguise that I was wearing. Now take a second to recover from that shocking revelation so I can help you save Christmas with good ranchers. Because here's the thing. A lot of meat at the grocery store is wearing a disguise just like this. They are trying to trick you. It's masquerading as something that it's not. It's masquerading as American, but it's actually, actually coming from overseas and it's lying to you, which is a very odd thing for meat to do. And that's why I buy my meat from good ranchers. It's 100% American raised from local farms around the country. No disguises, no fine print, no mystery. So this Christmas, skip the forgettable gifts and definitely skip the mystery. Just go to goodranchers.com and use code Brett when you check out for $40 off your order. And when you subscribe, you will get the option to choose your pick of free meat for life. That's chicken thighs, wagyu burgers or bacon in every single box. Again, just go to goodranchers.com and use code Brett at checkout goodranchers.com let's get back to the table.

[Tucker Carlson]

Limu emu and Doug.

[Liberty Mutual Narrator]

Here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug.

[Tyler Fisher]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us.

[Liberty Mutual Narrator]

Cut the camera. They see us.

[Tucker Carlson]

Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty, Liberty, Liberty, Liberty Savings vary underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company affiliates. Excludes Massachusetts.

[VRBO Sponsor]

VRBO's last minute deals make chasing fresh mountain powder incredibly easy. With thousands of homes close to the slopes, you can get epic pow freshies, first tracks and more. Find last minute deals with the last minute filter on the app. Book a private vacation rental now at verbo. Com.