'Loneliness is a plague in America and it helps explains so many of our cultural pathologies. When Donald Trump stated in 2015 that 'the American dream is dead,' it resonated b/c so many people found themselves trying to get through life alone.' -TPCarney
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Loneliness is a plague in America, and it helps explains so many of our cultural pathologies. When former President Donald Trump stated in 2015 that “the American dream is dead,” it resonated because so many people found themselves trying to get through life alone, which is not the way we are supposed to get through life.
The resulting loneliness is behind our outbreaks of suicide, drug abuse, and alcohol abuse — and probably our crime waves too. Loneliness harms our physical health, even if one sets aside substance abuse. “Social connection reduces the risk of premature mortality,” Murthy wrote. “It can predict better physical and mental health outcomes and ease stress.”
The root cause of alienation and loneliness is the collapse of community institutions, which raises the question of what Murthy's Department of Health and Human Services can do about it — especially because the centralization of power, commerce, and attention are some of the main enemies of local community.
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