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Here’s what many might not realize: The right has been talking about atomization, loneliness, and the breakdown of community and the family and offering (batshit) solutions for decades. It’s time for the left to catch up. Acknowledge atomization and posit non-batshit solutions. https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1342188459146977280
Here are a few non-reactionary ideas for loneliness to start:
1. Recreate what’s good about church in other orgs. Turn play party groups into a sex+ community service clubs. Volunteer w low-income sex workers. Organize for sex+ candidates. Clear non-dischargeable member duties.
1. Recreate what’s good about church in other orgs. Turn play party groups into a sex+ community service clubs. Volunteer w low-income sex workers. Organize for sex+ candidates. Clear non-dischargeable member duties.
2. Encourage stable family formation by expanding the idea of family and making it more modern and flexible. Less “we don’t need fathers” more father doesn’t necessarily mean breadwinner. Or male. Or singular. Focus more on stability of family and less on rigid idea of makeup.
3. Build more housing in high-growth, jobs-rich cities so everyone, not just the best-educated, most ambitious people can move there. Would mean ppl wouldn’t have to choose btw living near extended family/community and career prospects.
4. Stop stigmatizing sex! Make it easier and less risky for people to find and connect with like-minded partners, friends, and communities; share information and education; and discover their preferences.
5. Replace all government wealth transfers with a UBI. Most Americans don’t get married until their basic economic needs are met. Poverty is a (the?) leading cause of divorce. A stable economic foundation is the basis of and a requirement for a stable family and community.
