This dude is a conservative talking about how under-socialized men are today. I was a Gen-X kid during that time frame. Things were violent but weak kids didn’t regularly die and disappear. But IME it’s poser assholes like this, the pufferfish who aspired to be Fallout Raider Youth that made kids avoid socialization in favor of going online. People are under-socialized because dudes like this *tried *to cull the herd.
But bullies did cull the herd in another way. Male youth suicides skyrocketed from 1981 on up to 1998 according to ojp.gov (+51% vs +24% for females).
I think we’ve gone off the rails a little about a hyperbolic post but I want to point out that bullying among girls was just as prevalent if not more so.