The boldest points to a more interesting discussion than whether the obvious has happened. How does the Democratic Party put supporting the middle class economically at the center of its messaging? When it comes to 30-something white men, I don't think paid maternity leave, health care, increasing the minimum wage, clean energy, expanding child tax credits, and the like have or are going to resonate with the brosephs swayed by Rogan or Jordan Peterson to vote for billionaire tax cuts. Those policies may help them (health insurance is pretty fucking importany, clean energy efforts lead to good jobs, etc.) but the guys we're talking about are going to need those policies dressed up with MMA stars holding some guns and/or enticing ladies with BBLs and tits for them to give a shit.
Like I said, I don't think we need to argue whether they were "lost." Election results and Rogan's gigantic contract tells us they are. What's next? As someone who never, not for even one minute, thought Ayn Rand had something interesting to say, this "lost generation" is simply not my people. You seem to be raising your hand saying these are your folks. How do you think progressives get a couple percentage points of them to even listen to someone outside the meathead right?