Voting Alone: The Deep Costs of the Loss of Community
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Recently in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson added his voice to a growing chorus of commentators who have been bemoaning the crisis of loneliness in American life. Citing a litany of statistics on the decline of social life in the United States, he pours cold water on those who have pushed back against this narrative noting that, “In short, there is no historical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their own.”
Voting Alone: The Deep Costs of the Loss of Community
Voting Alone: The Deep Costs of the Loss of…
Voting Alone: The Deep Costs of the Loss of Community
Recently in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson added his voice to a growing chorus of commentators who have been bemoaning the crisis of loneliness in American life. Citing a litany of statistics on the decline of social life in the United States, he pours cold water on those who have pushed back against this narrative noting that, “In short, there is no historical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their own.”