The May 2021 American Perspectives Survey finds that Americans report having fewer close friendships than they once did, talking to their friends less often, and relying less on their friends for personal support.
Well sure, but the culture isnt being an asshole. What I mean is thats it comes off as condescending of people in specific through wording. Hard to put into words but im sure someone knows what I mean.
Being an asshole is definitely part of the culture, the whole “I got mine fuck you” mentality, the whole superiority of having power (or capital) over someone else, it’s literally the ultimate goal in this shitty country and it takes a deep level of deprogramming to undo that shit. Or you could look like me and realize this place wasn’t built for you (despite your ancestors literally building everything from the ground up), and see the real ugliness of capitalist culture and how it permeates every fucking facet of our society.
No it’s not, there are lots of other reasons too, but there’s so little focus in our culture or society about forming lasting friendships with people you like and respect, or hell just being decent people to each other.
I thought about the way we develop as children, where we’re trained to go to school to prepare us for the capitalist machine, being forced to spend your time with other people that are also forced to be there. Then we’re forced to work for survival and be around other people forced to work for survival. There isn’t a chance for any meaningful relationships to form. That’s not even talking about being a marginalized group because that’s a whole different subject
Well sure, but the culture isnt being an asshole. What I mean is thats it comes off as condescending of people in specific through wording. Hard to put into words but im sure someone knows what I mean.
Being an asshole is definitely part of the culture, the whole “I got mine fuck you” mentality, the whole superiority of having power (or capital) over someone else, it’s literally the ultimate goal in this shitty country and it takes a deep level of deprogramming to undo that shit. Or you could look like me and realize this place wasn’t built for you (despite your ancestors literally building everything from the ground up), and see the real ugliness of capitalist culture and how it permeates every fucking facet of our society.
You know what quite true. I suppose what I mean is, that is not at all the reason why people dont have friends.
No it’s not, there are lots of other reasons too, but there’s so little focus in our culture or society about forming lasting friendships with people you like and respect, or hell just being decent people to each other.
I thought about the way we develop as children, where we’re trained to go to school to prepare us for the capitalist machine, being forced to spend your time with other people that are also forced to be there. Then we’re forced to work for survival and be around other people forced to work for survival. There isn’t a chance for any meaningful relationships to form. That’s not even talking about being a marginalized group because that’s a whole different subject