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This 100%.
Type A men are still eating out here but slacker-type guys are way behind. Tony and AJ are great examples.
Tony came up at a time where a guy like him (white, male, nothing special) could fall into a nice setup with money, cars, heauxs...everything. AJ is obviously softer than his pops but he's essentially the same kind of guy...except he can't just "fall into" some shyt like Pops.
We love our sons and train our daughters....every culture struggles with this except for Asian and African immigrants. They expect boys to get straight A's, do extracurricular activities, help clean up the crib and they better not so much as utter a word of back-talk. My parents raised me like that and I'm gonna raise my kids the same way. Gotta raise the bar with our sons. Not just about "being a man" but actually aiming high in school and not being a knucklehead for no reason.
I'm not sure Tony Soprano came up at a time where a guy like him could fall into a nice setup with money, cars, and heauxs. One of the things he mentions several times is that because he was an Italian joining and being in the mafia was the only way he could have access to money and wealth and other avenues and pathways were closed off to him because he was an Italian.