Civil society in the US is in a dire state. This is by design. The capitalists and their puppet politicians don’t want us having social connections outside work. We might start having ideas.
Get out, go for walks, go to cafes, talk to random strangers. It’s absolutely critical to mental health and it breaks that cycle of isolation.
Source: I live in a small city in England, and I feel far more connected than I did in US cities, despite the notorious reserve of the English. (Hint: they’re more talkative after a few pints).
The technology revolution hit the USA harder than many places because not only did most of the population change careers, but were able to be scattered more . There were more bonds of neighborhood and family broken, than most other countries.
It certainly was an additional burden for many in the USA, and is probably the main reason the murder rate is higher than in the UK due the extra fractures of family and friendship structure over the decades
Civil society in the US is in a dire state. This is by design. The capitalists and their puppet politicians don’t want us having social connections outside work. We might start having ideas.
Get out, go for walks, go to cafes, talk to random strangers. It’s absolutely critical to mental health and it breaks that cycle of isolation.
Source: I live in a small city in England, and I feel far more connected than I did in US cities, despite the notorious reserve of the English. (Hint: they’re more talkative after a few pints).
The technology revolution hit the USA harder than many places because not only did most of the population change careers, but were able to be scattered more . There were more bonds of neighborhood and family broken, than most other countries.
It certainly was an additional burden for many in the USA, and is probably the main reason the murder rate is higher than in the UK due the extra fractures of family and friendship structure over the decades