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This is the social value that we used to get from churches, fraternal organizations, bowling leagues, block parties....
by philwelch 7y ago
This is the social value that we used to get from churches, fraternal organizations, bowling leagues, block parties....
- AaronFriel 7y agoSome of those things are more inclusive and diverse than the others. Fortunately there exists a modern equivalent that exposes people to a lot of different folks all at the same time: universities. For many rural teenagers, a university will be the first time they meet people from another country, who don't speak English as their first language, or a sizable number of people with a different skin color. Speaking from experience, growing up in Iowa.
- philwelch 7y agoAnd that brings us full circle back to OP. Most university students are in their late teens and early 20's and once they graduate they never go back. Churches and other social institutions are more lifelong.
- true_religion 7y agoAll of which exist, and will happily take you in if you want. So this is a social value in addition to that, not a replacement for its loss.
- philwelch 7y agoThe degree to which they exist and successfully serve that function has been diminishing, at least in the United States, for decades.
- JshWright 7y agoThose all tend to be pretty ideologically homogeneous...
- wetmore 7y agoBowling clubs and block parties are ideologically homogeneous?