The Tom Woods Show Ep. 2721 The War on White Men
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Jan 1, 2026 
Dan McCarthy, Editor of Modern Age and political commentator, delves into the systemic exclusion of young white men in today’s culture. He discusses how DEI policies have shifted from merit to optics, spotlighting anecdotes of top students missing job opportunities. McCarthy explores the left's attraction to the bizarre, attributing it to radical egalitarianism. They also analyze the impact of social media on groupthink and the implications for young voters facing economic challenges. McCarthy advocates for bureaucratic reforms to dismantle bias and reinstate merit.
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Systematic Exclusion Of Young White Men
- Progressive institutions systematically excluded young white men from elite jobs starting around 2014, not merely as performative diversity.
- Dan McCarthy and Tom Woods argue this was deliberate and widespread across media and academia.
Advisor Warned About Qualified Candidate Shortages
- Dan McCarthy recounts his advisor Alan Brinkley telling him in the academic job market there were almost never qualified minority candidates then.
- McCarthy contrasts that past with the current hiring of less-qualified candidates he says now happens for diversity reasons.
Harvard Professor's Students Couldn't Get Jobs
- A Harvard professor reported his best white male grad students couldn't get U.S. jobs and some left the country.
- He described this as an 'obscene offense against the principle of merit' prompting his departure from Harvard.
