Actually, men never needed any of these things to strive.
The problem today is that men will be punished for being men. We are not allowed to defend our families or ourselves, our children don't belong to us, divorce leads to unfair split of net worth, men have no say in abortions, they get discriminated against in the workplace, and even in the heavily video game world, men need to be censored.
Things like "kindness, inclusivity, equity" are women's values, and they're being imposed on men at the cost of depression, meaninglessness, or simply, feminization.
Society is very intolerant of the essence of masculinity - one based on conquest, exclusivity (the opposite of inclusivity), and violence.
In these conditions, men have no desire to do life anymore.