Late Stage Capitalism

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10% of Americans have no close friends. The share who have no close friends rose from 3% in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen from 33% to 13%. (www.americansurveycenter.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't think you should blame people for the alienation imposed on them by capitalism. The US has almost no social support structures or places to meet friends outside of school or work. Even those that want to are unable because of long working hours and exhaustion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not blaming the people, the capitalist culture does this to people, I'm just pointing out that's the reaction

Man being fucking autistic sucks cause I can't even really get my point across well smh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cause most of these people are individualistic assholes who only care about themselves.

Are they assholes or aren't they?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Western culture produces assholes don't they? Do I have to explain the culture here now?