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> The loneliness epidemic in modern times is thus attributable in great part to the erosion of family units and other early age relationships. What makes it difficult to solve is that there were a number of grievances with that model which the liberal, individualist project intended to address, such as the oppression of women who were economically dependent on their husbands, and the way in which tightly knit families often stifled self-expression. The modern system in which all adults are workers and consumers also supports the interests of capital (more workers equals cheaper labor, more consumers means bigger markets, together you get record growth). No one really wants to roll back the progress that the liberal project achieved, but the side effects are ravaging society.

Don't forget the increasingly intensifying idea that children are basically small adults that are capable of making their own decisions and that major interventions into their lives are coercion. I understand the idea of preventing repression of another human's self, but there's a massive field of conflicts and situations no child is prepared to respond to; just like actual people, they just look around their peers and other signaling for answers. That's not good.

In the case of young men, it's no wonder so many are flocking to people like Jordan Peterson for guidance later in life. People who grew up in the 90s were the first wave and now they are having children.

Effectively, it is almost impossible to pass down learned wisdom and effective judgement in a society that, from all asides, for every vector, promotes a pigeonholed rationalism that in practice turns into a kind of narccissism.




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