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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More third places are being gone
More distrust in our institutions
More social ties being broken
More people staying in their homes
More people on screen and social media
More people not marrying and having kids
More wealth inequality

So yes, more people being meaner, our communal bonds are being eroded and we are not as trustful as before.  [/quote]

Yes, all this.[/quote]

Yes, I will also add more of the loneliness epidemic.  People's outlook are more introspective than community oriented.  Leave me alone! [/quote]

In addition I think we have changed the out-group in this country. It used to be that our American national out-groups tended to be ethnic or racial. These days they are political. Someone upthread mentioned the KKK and had a valid point. It just that these days your out-group is the side you don't agree with politically, and there are fringe groups in both parties that are honestly the equivalent of the KKK. The more "normie" people aren't that bad, but they feel comfortable being mean the way once upon a time they might have to someone based on their ethnicity.[/quote]

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