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dada » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:11 pm wrote:I think this idea that lonely, isolated individuals can find something resembling salvation through society is consumerism at its finest. Lonely, isolated individuals can only create a lonely, isolated society. Anxiety is just the sense of displacement, the ever-present feeling of being alone in a crowd. And the individual who isn't lonely and isolated feels a sense of belonging even when alone. Co-creates different society, one that transcends the abstract limitations of time and space imposed by the society of loneliness and isolation.
Elvis » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:09 pm wrote:We're all going to "die anyway."
dada » Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:11 pm wrote:I think this idea that lonely, isolated individuals can find something resembling salvation through society is consumerism at its finest. Lonely, isolated individuals can only create a lonely, isolated society. Anxiety is just the sense of displacement, the ever-present feeling of being alone in a crowd. And the individual who isn't lonely and isolated feels a sense of belonging even when alone. Co-creates different society, one that transcends the abstract limitations of time and space imposed by the society of loneliness and isolation.
stickdog99 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:50 pm wrote:Thanks for the thoughtful posts.
All of my friends are "good liberals," and among those good liberals right now, several beliefs are sacrosanct:
1) only worst enemies are the fellow citizens who share different hyper-polarized political beliefs
2) lockdowns, social distancing, and face masks are common sense measures that nobody who "believes in science" dare ask for scientific evidence to support
3) immediate vaccination with any experimental vaccine, no questions asked (like strict adherence to lockdown, social distancing, and face masks mandates), is an inviolable litmus test of both political and moral purity.
And, yes, our compassion for others has been turned against us.as has our inherent fear of those who we judge not to share our compassion for others (as well as our fear of COVID-19, of course).
The social isolation we enforce on each other may also contribute to this effect. When people feel free to gather together for hours on end, they tend to work things out better, at least in terms of questioning obviously dicey official narratives. When you enjoy a friend's company for less than an hour over the course of an entire year, you are not very likely to spend much of this precious time questioning official narratives at the potential cost of your friendship.
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