I fear our society is too damaged to repair

[Cheezoholic]

35. I am old enough

to remember my grandfather saying the same thing you're saying. And I will say when it comes to your last 5, those were the things that bothered him the most, more than 45 years ago. I am also your age.

My point is, it seems to me, especially since the first half of the 20th century there seems to have been a steady generational decline in overall basic social interaction amongst people in this country. Whether its a Jeffersonian generational form of constitutional governance or the result of the "I want a better life for my kids" part of the American dream it seems unbridled capitalism over generations doesn't divide but it isolates via an Ayn Rand extreme libertarian form of individualism which is contradictory to the social values of human society since the day we figured out being in groups increased our individual chances of survival 10's of thousand's of years ago. The isolation caused by unbridled capitalism sold under the guise of "individual freedom" is, in IMO, going to result in a human tragedy, maybe even an ELE, before climate change has a chance to invoke a check on our species.