>On the contrary, we’ve never been more lonely and distant as a society.
yes, because all communal institutions have been disbanded before millennials were even born, that was the point?
Millenials are lonely because they're the offspring of what was the peak of the nuclear family generation. They're growing up without any communal connection, increasingly without religious communities, Gen Z probably doesn't even have military experience and has largely replaced physical with digital connections and seems to be even more isolated than Millenials.
The nuclear family isn't safety but the last escape hatch in the absence of institutions that should enrich people's personal life beyond the family.
yes, because all communal institutions have been disbanded before millennials were even born, that was the point?
Millenials are lonely because they're the offspring of what was the peak of the nuclear family generation. They're growing up without any communal connection, increasingly without religious communities, Gen Z probably doesn't even have military experience and has largely replaced physical with digital connections and seems to be even more isolated than Millenials.
The nuclear family isn't safety but the last escape hatch in the absence of institutions that should enrich people's personal life beyond the family.