If this were the 1950s, it's likely that the autistic and socially awkward among us would have wives. The mom/dad would introduce their socially awkward son to a nice girl. The socially awkward/autistic guy probably would have had a full-time job that could support a family. The nice girl would give him a chance. They'd date. They'd get married. Have kids. And supposedly live happily ever after.
Or we wouldn't be autistic/socially awkward in the first place (the sickness of society might be what is causing the autism epidemic).
Society has always had marginalized men ("confirmed bachelors"). But it wasn't a full-blown epidemic like it is now.
The combination of neo-liberal capitalism (the economic free market), peace time society (no men dying in wars aside from the odd few that go to Iraq/Afghanistan) and female sexual revolution (the sexual free market) is causing all sorts of problems in society for "beta males". Men who find themselves "falling behind" socially one way or another. The autistic/socially awkward guy who shitposts, lives in his parents' basement, NEET, etc. In my country, NEETdom is a full-blown epidemic that the government won't even acknowledge exists even though the government statistics show that it is an issue. And I have to imagine this is also the case in the United States. It's not just a Japan or UK thing.
/r9k/ yearns to "go back" to that traditionalist era where they could have a traditional life and a traditional wife even though many of them openly detest wagecucking.
Personally I don't wanna go back to that era. I don't wanna be a beta provider slaving away 40 hours per week for the man. Even if I was paid a family wage. I like the idea of sharing labour hours with women so that we can reduce the work week to like 20 hours instead of 40 actually. I like the idea of spending more time with family and helping more with domestic duties. Scrubbing your toilet bowl may be tedious but bacteria is a law of nature. Capitalism is man-made. I can't get mad at bacteria (seriously).
So I am conflicted as to what I think is best for society going forward. I grew up thinking that society had to be a certain way. I wanted to meet a nice girl, get married, have kids, etc. But then I saw how it was pretty much impossible to connect with women due to my autism. Even when I've had a couple relationships. And I started feeling really bitter towards women for rejecting me, dumping me, etc (I found out that my ex-girlfriend has been dating a guy since May and she never told me. She even started saying shit like we could get back together if I did this or that. She was leaving bread crumbs for me for almost a year). And then I discovered the red pill sites to find that there were other men who were thinking the same way. But now it's like nothing even matters. I'm resigned to nihilism, egoism, etc. I've developed disillusion with late-stage capitalism as well. I used to be a dutiful wage cuck until I just literally snapped in the office one day. I just want to see the world burn. I've developed a fascination with autistic beta male mass murderers and with ISIS. I feel like there is some sort of sickness with society. And I want to see the world be cleansed of its filth (yes I stole that line from Taxi Driver). I see only despair. Hedonistic pleasures don't bring me joy. I have anhedonia.
I find myself having to constantly find distractions or else I shitpost and then these thoughts return to the surface. I'm kinda self-employed(work from home, don't make much. But I don't have autismbux/neetbux either so yea). I kinda really threw myself into the work from home stuff recently, focusing on trying to make some money. Because I felt like there was nothing else really to do. I'm bored. Watched practically everything I want on Netflix. The Netflix Originals seem to be all coming out in late April/May/etc. Vidya doesn't give me pleasure anymore. Animu doesn't give me pleasure anymore. My ex-girlfriend is a total bitch. Yet she is happy with some guy. It's not fair that she is happy. It's an injustice. I'm pretty sure she cheated on me (how did she shack up with a new guy so fast after we broke up? Hmm) but she denies it.