Social media and individualism result in increased isolation, as it tears apart the social fabric of our societies. For many there is not much interaction beyond the family circle. Even neighbours are just strangers. This ultimately will undoubtedly lead to major disruptions and social unrest. How do we go about breaking that cycle and build real communities again?
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This ultimately will undoubtedly lead to major disruptions and social unrest.
Will it? And if it does, I’ve seen a lot of unrest being in favour of social progress, which I think is at least part due to marginalized groups being able to find and advocate for each other. Is that a problem?
When all is (roughly) well it mat not, but in the face of adversity it will. Paper toilet during covid? Now imagine food, water, medicines shortage.
Jan 6 was not a good one. And I fear there’s another coming with this next election.
Yeah, I’m predicting more issues next election as well, whoever wins…
Still, I think it’s a complicated issue that isn’t as simple just “people aren’t spending more time with their neighbours”.
I don’t agree that it will cause social unrest or that it tears apart the social fabric of our society. I don’t see a reason to discount interactions of people on the internet, or why internet communities are any less real than in-person communities (even if they have some differences).
You might be interested in this book, Bowling Alone, about the decline of participation in in-person social groups.
As an introvert, I find the idea of participating in a lot more community events to be exhausting.
Social media hardly tears anything apart at all compared to jobs not paying anything + housing costs being four times more than the value of housing, nazis existing, and people being complete delusional cunts about covid.
Most of social media sucking is from the loudest, dumbest progressives getting offended as loudly as possible over as little as possible for clout, creating an environment where nobody wants to hang out.
Social media does encourage it, plus all the nazi/republican bullshit, which is its own problem. But we shouldn’t put our failings as people squarely on social media’s shoulders.
At a certain point, nothing good can happen until people decide, for themselves, that they aren’t gonna be pressured into being idiots just to fit in.
I keep pulling out my neighbor’s Trump 2024 signs and hiding them in inconvenient places. It’s been hilarious watching him play hide and seek and the frustrated utterances.
