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1103 points MaxLeiter | 3 comments | 04 Sep 25 05:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.006s | source
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alex-moon ◴[04 Sep 25 08:22 UTC] No.45124947[source]▶
I'm increasingly convinced that social isolation is the single great social ill of our time. I am not one for "respecting others' opinions" at all, make no mistakes, if someone believes something incorrect - or worse - then they need to be corrected. But so much of the hate simmering away like a pot about to boil over is the result of loneliness. The evidence on this is startingly clear.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235215462...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795362...

https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/hate-lies-and-loneliness-f...

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1. latexr ◴[04 Sep 25 08:33 UTC] No.45125017[source]▶
Who would’ve thought that hating entire groups of humans and blaming them for every imaginary problem would lead to isolation and loneliness!

In case it isn’t obvious, I’m being sarcastic and agreeing with you.

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2. blueflow ◴[04 Sep 25 08:40 UTC] No.45125059[source]▶
I think this is a consequence of what the posted site explains in the last text block - social trust is gone.
3. chongli ◴[04 Sep 25 10:25 UTC] No.45125638[source]▶
Racism and tribalism were still present when we socialized more as a society. We still did all of the bad things. It’s just that we also socialized and formed kinships and families and institutions. We were connected in a social web.

Now we’re heavily fragmented.