Remember during Covid, when you weren't allowed to complain about the useless restrictions because you were a Grandma killer?

Well, that's not far off from trying to complain about unfairness during the DEI craze: you're a whiny white man who's probably a "racist," too.

The Compact magazine article called "The Lost Generation," about white men who have been shut out of the job market since DEI was implemented in genuine earnest, has provoked a lot of conversations.

There are so many testimonies about this right now that I don't know where to start.

Here's one I chose at random -- and trust me, there are far worse cases:

For a decent amount of this time when I tried to get decent work I couldn't even get an interview. I was a physics student, president of the Chess club, treasurer of the astronomy club, I worked manufacturing electronics soldering and using CNC machines with my dad's business, I was in the cyber sec club, with the CompTIA security+ cert they test for at the end of tech school in the military, all that sh** and I applied to hundreds of entry-level jobs and got one $15/hr help desk job interview in which they said I could go to a round two and then ghosted me.

I thought about the military but told they couldn't promise me the MOS they did the week before I was to swear in, decided I didn't want to and then made the covid shot mandatory. The only money I have been able to make was through nepotism (working with my family and these horse show gigs) and taking risks through crypto, poker, stocks, or business ideas that hadn't panned out. I didn't want to be arrogant and assume I deserve an entry-level job, but I couldn't even get an interview when I would see many stories of people getting these IT jobs with less experience than me but had a DEI status.

I'm doing okay now, but it shouldn't have been this hard for me. Now I'm 28 jaded and want nothing to do with traditional jobs or having a boss. It shouldn't be like this.

Maybe things are going to get better now that this is all out in the open and the taboo about discussing it seems to have been smashed forever. I don't know, and neither do you.

Here's what I know:

As I told the folks over on my libertarian/dissident/podcast email list, a week ago today my wife gave birth to Henry David Woods (not named after Thoreau), Woods child number six.

He's the cutest week-old kid you've ever seen.

And you had better believe I am not going to throw him to the wolves and hope for the best.

He is absolutely going to have a Low Stress Options (LSO)-directed trading account, probably two (one of them a Roth).

With the Roth, he'll be in great shape later in life. With the regular account, he'll have resources he can use as a young man. While everyone else laments the price of housing (let's hope it gets better by then, but maybe it won't), he'll be fine.

I want this kid to do much better than I did. I intend to give him every possible advantage.

LSO has been closed to the public for about seven or eight weeks, since the last time I promoted it (so they could get all my folks situated).

Tomorrow and for the next four days after that it reopens, and I'll be co-hosting noon Eastern calls with creator Troy Broussard in which we'll discuss the framework and take questions.

One of my zillion bonuses will be this: when I get Henry set up, which will be soon, I will show you EXACTLY, as in step-by-step on your screen, what I do.

At my LSO-inspired Christmas party two weeks ago, Troy gave away prizes. The one rule was this: you had to bring your top challenge coin. These coins are awarded to you as you reach certain milestones in the program: $1K earned, $5K earned, etc.

Whoever had the top coins would win a prize.

He said: we've given out a few million-dollar coins so far, but none of those people are here. So:

Does anyone have the $500K coin?

I expected silence.

Instead, someone raised her hand. The guests roared.

Does anyone have the $250K coin?

Again yes!

We had several people with $50K and below.

Meanwhile, the non-LSO guests are thinking: what in heaven's name is this program?

Well, it's Low Stress Options, it can be done by beginners, and I hope you'll register for a call at noon Eastern.

We start tomorrow (and then each of the next four days after that), so click here to register and I'll see you there!

Tom Woods