On: America's loneliness epidemic: A systemic risk to ...

[_fq4v]

I don't think this helps. It's not just having a space to meet. It's having a reason to meet. Without the unifying force of religion or another philosophy, we invariably devolve into family-based group identity, which is another word for ethnonationalism or identity politics.

[bilbo0s → _fq4v]

>which is another word for ethnonationalism or identity politics...

To be fair, so is "religion" in practice.

[_fq4v → bilbo0s]

Identity politics, perhaps. Ethnonationalism, I don't think is an inherent part of it, as is seen in the universal audience of certain major religions, like Islam and Christianity

[jtmcmc → _fq4v]

the obvious counter example to this is people who meetup and create subcultures - the array of which are vast.