I hear you. I don’t want to focus on this one case but this was the one that got me wondering because I can’t stop thinking about it. More than any other commu

I hear you. I don’t want to focus on this one case but this was the one that got me wondering because I can’t stop thinking about it. More than any other community, I feel like perhaps Americans are drowning in a melting pot and sinking in it because they can’t seem to create community. I don’t understand why it’s so hard to create community here. When I was growing up in india, doors were always open with neighbours. Now, I have to call or text before I even go to drop something at my neighbors because it’s ‘manners’. I get that but I wonder if there is a trade off. Moms always watched out for each other’s children in the neighborhood. This was the ‘village’ that raised children. I don’t think someone else’s mom can take the liberty to scold or instruct another’s child in America. This is also a feature of ‘community’. It is not to say that there aren’t problems with ‘community’ but that was an acceptable price for the greater benefits. In America, there is no acceptable price that infringes upon individuality. No, Sir! There seems to be very clear disadvantages to this way of life. Schools are trying hard to inculcate conformity but that’s not a good thing either. Conformity works in small homogenous groups and there has to be multiple small homogenous groups to create diversity. Creating dense communities of individuals who can’t relate to their neighbors is not diversity. The ‘melting pot’ is not working. Everyone ends up feeling alienated but is being made to conform. I wonder if this happens in other countries too.