The NYT had an opinion piece talking recently about how Americans (especially younger ones) are in fact the *loneliest* they’ve ever been, and how this is being attributed as a cause for a whole host of social ills:
That doesn’t seem to go along with the “easier to find another social group” hypothesis. Anecdotally, I and almost everyone I know has had an incredibly hard time making new friends, especially outside of college.
I could see the inverse argument then (as is apparently being made) that maybe the lack of community ties is making people more resentful/anti-social/destructive in their interactions.
The NYT had an opinion piece talking recently about how Americans (especially younger ones) are in fact the *loneliest* they’ve ever been, and how this is being attributed as a cause for a whole host of social ills:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opinion/loneliness-political-polarization.html
That doesn’t seem to go along with the “easier to find another social group” hypothesis. Anecdotally, I and almost everyone I know has had an incredibly hard time making new friends, especially outside of college.
I could see the inverse argument then (as is apparently being made) that maybe the lack of community ties is making people more resentful/anti-social/destructive in their interactions.