An interesting but unfortunate take on what's happening in our country

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Yes, it's simplified but much core truth to it.

For far too many Americans, as the old (partial) quote from Marx, "religion is the opium of the people" but today it's more like "religion and consumerism are the opiates of the people".

I'm an introvert and like you, not much bothered by the isolation but I think many have made shopping and going out to eat to be their entire social life. The evidence here is heavy traffic during the day and full parking lots at shopping centers and restaurants almost every day (before COVID-19). When I was a kid, we felt lucky to eat at a restaurant once or twice a year and only one major shopping trip to Nashville during Christmas.

It's so sad how we have lost our sense of old-fashioned small town close-knit community.........