Social media and individualism result in increased isolation, as it tears apart the social fabric of our societies. For many there is not much interaction beyond the family circle. Even neighbours are just strangers. This ultimately will undoubtedly lead to major disruptions and social unrest. How do we go about breaking that cycle and build real communities again?
Social media hardly tears anything apart at all compared to jobs not paying anything + housing costs being four times more than the value of housing, nazis existing, and people being complete delusional cunts about covid.
Most of social media sucking is from the loudest, dumbest progressives getting offended as loudly as possible over as little as possible for clout, creating an environment where nobody wants to hang out.
Social media does encourage it, plus all the nazi/republican bullshit, which is its own problem. But we shouldn’t put our failings as people squarely on social media’s shoulders.
At a certain point, nothing good can happen until people decide, for themselves, that they aren’t gonna be pressured into being idiots just to fit in.
I keep pulling out my neighbor’s Trump 2024 signs and hiding them in inconvenient places. It’s been hilarious watching him play hide and seek and the frustrated utterances.