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Largely agree with your analysis but you are missing one key aspect - disintegration of family and community/social support structure such as church or local y

Largely agree with your analysis but you are missing one key aspect - disintegration of family and community/social support structure such as church or local youth clubs etc. Whether what you are saying as part of your analysis is the cause of this disintegration or effect I don’t know. As a society if anything we can do to better mental health, it is strengthening family and social circle and community support system. One might argue that social media makes that easier. After all it is far easier to connect with your loved ones in a matter of a click now but here is the key. I don’t think virtual engagements can ever compare to or replace the activation of neural pathways that happens from physical presence.

barrenko 4y ago
Yup, killing the family unit is a shot still heard.
throwaway15908 4y ago
Degrading social care systems and social mobility is actually to blame for this. This is what OP is missing in his/her rant.
tsol 4y ago
It's much easier to take apart a system than put it together. Hell even nietzsche talked about these problems coming up, as a result of losing religious institutions that maintain societies cohesiveness. He said God is dead, and we killed him. He asked what great festivals will we have to invent to make ourselves worthy of such a great task? Well we didn't invent any festivals or institutions to replace the church. People just aren't interested in that. So there is no secular Sunday service where you meet and socialize with your community every week Anecdotally, I'm part of a tightly knit religious community and these problems are much less common. Even the nerdy awkward kids all have friends, why does it matter that they're awkward when they're still good people? But I rarely saw that sort of thinking in public school. It was as much a free for all as adult society and there were kids I saw go without friends from middle school to high school graduation because no one wanted to stomach their being awkward. But often when I bring this up and rather than help the kids, people would usually try to convince me that my religion doesn't have any value. There's no interest in actually making things better, just taking things apart

barrenko 4y ago

Yup, killing the family unit is a shot still heard.

throwaway15908 4y ago

Degrading social care systems and social mobility is actually to blame for this. This is what OP is missing in his/her rant.

tsol 4y ago

It's much easier to take apart a system than put it together. Hell even nietzsche talked about these problems coming up, as a result of losing religious institutions that maintain societies cohesiveness. He said God is dead, and we killed him. He asked what great festivals will we have to invent to make ourselves worthy of such a great task? Well we didn't invent any festivals or institutions to replace the church. People just aren't interested in that. So there is no secular Sunday service where you meet and socialize with your community every week Anecdotally, I'm part of a tightly knit religious community and these problems are much less common. Even the nerdy awkward kids all have friends, why does it matter that they're awkward when they're still good people? But I rarely saw that sort of thinking in public school. It was as much a free for all as adult society and there were kids I saw go without friends from middle school to high school graduation because no one wanted to stomach their being awkward. But often when I bring this up and rather than help the kids, people would usually try to convince me that my religion doesn't have any value. There's no interest in actually making things better, just taking things apart