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In Small Towns Up North Bingo Nights Continue to Struggle
- bell-cot 4y agoTHIS - > Lusardi thinks it’s part of a generational shift away from not just old pastimes like bingo, but from social commitments as well, including everything from bowling leagues to hobby clubs to parent-teacher associations to fraternal organizations. > “The kids aren’t dedicated like they used to be,” Lusardi said. “Even when you got people joining organizations, they join just to have the cheaper drink prices. They don’t join to do the work. They don’t want to be committed to anything. They don’t seem to have the attention span and they don’t have the dedication. I don’t know where society lost that, but they have lost it.” At times, it feels like Americans are systematically getting rid of every social group, every relationship, and every social commitment that they possibly can. When everyone under 75 is doomscrolling their smart phone while locked in their own little cell in the Matrix...there probably won't be a country or even a human society for much longer. Or, maybe - "Blessed are the Amish, for they shall inherit the Earth."