I agree with your sentiment, but I think the author would as well. I&#x27;d argue he&#x27;s not saying that working-class men are failing anyone, rather that being a working-class man is becoming a mentally and morally exhausting pursuit, as well as a physically exhausting one. I&#x27;m not old enough or well-read enough to know if the halcyon days when this wasn&#x27;t the case are actually disappearing, or if they were always a myth (as perhaps the last paragraph implies), but the author seems to be arguing that these men are suffering on a much deeper level than society gives them credit for.