Robert Putnam

I don't know if it's fair to say Trump—well, I guess it is fair to say Trump made gains among some blacks, but which blacks? Non-college-educated blacks. The same place he's been making gains among whites and Latinos. And so I think this has big implications for the strategy, the proper strategy for the Democratic Party. That's a separate question. What should we do about it?

I don't know if it's fair to say Trump—well, I guess it is fair to say Trump made gains among some blacks, but which blacks? Non-college-educated blacks. The same place he's been making gains among whites and Latinos. And so I think this has big implications for the strategy, the proper strategy for the Democratic Party. That's a separate question. What should we do about it?

And as I say, this has been clear for at least this growing class gap has been clear for at least 20 years because that's when I, I mean, 10 years ago is when I wrote about it. So it's, so let's see what we've summarized, what we've said. It is an asocial 21st century. That's right. But that's even true for family ties.

And as I say, this has been clear for at least this growing class gap has been clear for at least 20 years because that's when I, I mean, 10 years ago is when I wrote about it. So it's, so let's see what we've summarized, what we've said. It is an asocial 21st century. That's right. But that's even true for family ties.

And as I say, this has been clear for at least this growing class gap has been clear for at least 20 years because that's when I, I mean, 10 years ago is when I wrote about it. So it's, so let's see what we've summarized, what we've said. It is an asocial 21st century. That's right. But that's even true for family ties.

And it's especially true for the have-nots and even more true for men, young men. So this is, I'm not saying that there isn't a bigger problem. There is, but when you drill down and say, where is this problem worst? It's among have-nots, young have-nots, young male have-nots.

And it's especially true for the have-nots and even more true for men, young men. So this is, I'm not saying that there isn't a bigger problem. There is, but when you drill down and say, where is this problem worst? It's among have-nots, young have-nots, young male have-nots.

And it's especially true for the have-nots and even more true for men, young men. So this is, I'm not saying that there isn't a bigger problem. There is, but when you drill down and say, where is this problem worst? It's among have-nots, young have-nots, young male have-nots.

Okay, I want to begin with a little bit of history. I promise this will turn out to be relevant. I trust you. At the turn of the last, from the 19th to the 20th centuries, around 1900, there was what people then called the boy problem. What was the boy problem? It was that young men were unusually isolated and

Okay, I want to begin with a little bit of history. I promise this will turn out to be relevant. I trust you. At the turn of the last, from the 19th to the 20th centuries, around 1900, there was what people then called the boy problem. What was the boy problem? It was that young men were unusually isolated and

Okay, I want to begin with a little bit of history. I promise this will turn out to be relevant. I trust you. At the turn of the last, from the 19th to the 20th centuries, around 1900, there was what people then called the boy problem. What was the boy problem? It was that young men were unusually isolated and

Now, the backstory is because they basically, or their parents had been living in little villages, whether the villages were in Iowa or in southern Italy, but they were now living in the big city in Chicago or the lower east side of Manhattan, and it wasn't as easy to make friends there. Girls are just generally better at making friends than boys. That's a fact, a sociological fact that they are.

Now, the backstory is because they basically, or their parents had been living in little villages, whether the villages were in Iowa or in southern Italy, but they were now living in the big city in Chicago or the lower east side of Manhattan, and it wasn't as easy to make friends there. Girls are just generally better at making friends than boys. That's a fact, a sociological fact that they are.

Now, the backstory is because they basically, or their parents had been living in little villages, whether the villages were in Iowa or in southern Italy, but they were now living in the big city in Chicago or the lower east side of Manhattan, and it wasn't as easy to make friends there. Girls are just generally better at making friends than boys. That's a fact, a sociological fact that they are.

And so these young men... were causing mayhem on the streets of Chicago or New York or really any of the big cities in America around 1900. And it was so bad that it was called, quote, the boy problem, unquote. And then they fixed it. So now the question is, how did they fix it? And this relates to a second principle that I have for building social capital.

And so these young men... were causing mayhem on the streets of Chicago or New York or really any of the big cities in America around 1900. And it was so bad that it was called, quote, the boy problem, unquote. And then they fixed it. So now the question is, how did they fix it? And this relates to a second principle that I have for building social capital.

And so these young men... were causing mayhem on the streets of Chicago or New York or really any of the big cities in America around 1900. And it was so bad that it was called, quote, the boy problem, unquote. And then they fixed it. So now the question is, how did they fix it? And this relates to a second principle that I have for building social capital.

Building social capital can't be like saying, eat your spinach, people. It's got to be fun. I mean, okay, we may want to have character formation or something, but it's got to be fun or else people are not going to do it. That's why, by the way, I used... Bowling leagues is one of my stark metaphors because actually, I don't know if you've bowled, bowling is actually fun.

Building social capital can't be like saying, eat your spinach, people. It's got to be fun. I mean, okay, we may want to have character formation or something, but it's got to be fun or else people are not going to do it. That's why, by the way, I used... Bowling leagues is one of my stark metaphors because actually, I don't know if you've bowled, bowling is actually fun.

Building social capital can't be like saying, eat your spinach, people. It's got to be fun. I mean, okay, we may want to have character formation or something, but it's got to be fun or else people are not going to do it. That's why, by the way, I used... Bowling leagues is one of my stark metaphors because actually, I don't know if you've bowled, bowling is actually fun.