Tightly woven communities are absent from modern lives as there has been a big push for individualism and materialism. True, though tightly woven communities h

Tightly woven communities are absent from modern lives as there has been a big push for individualism and materialism. True, though tightly woven communities have many implicit rules, sometimes explicit, that can govern anything from sexuality to what you wear and where you live. Individualism allows a broader definition of who you are and what you can align with at the cost of a tighter support network. I feel that the increase in acceptance and support of people with different gender identities and sexuality is a direct result of individualism. The same applies to feminism. Even people who would ordinarily feign a religious belief because flipping the bird at the pastor and screaming I'm an atheist would not only affect their relationship with that person, but their whole community. They'd be an outcast, just as the feminist would lose the support of those who had accepted their assigned gender roles and rules. Humanity has become more liquid but lacks a deep connection to their neighbor as a result. Everything has a positive and negative side.