Notes was a critical reminder that very little of what we’re experiencing in Trump’s America is new. Disaffection, especially masculine disaffection, is a result of imperial decline in what seems to be the whole of global history. Just as in Huck Finn, the concept of “real” masculinity is explored that makes it clear that “bro culture” and “alpha and beta mentality” did not start with Joe Rogan or even his Gordon Gecko/Tony Robbins predecessors. This made it all the more clear to me that boys need help and coaching in a way that is productive and community-centered instead of self-centered.