I don't completely agree. As Camus once said: "hell is other people". As prosperity increased people fled each others company thinking that being in isolation would rid them of social anxiety. There was little consideration for the results, which is profound loneliness.

Great, I agree - now do a bit more analysis and regress one step further - who profits from this? Why is this a problem now, rather than say, 50 years ago?

>do a bit more analysis and regress one step further - who profits from this?

Home builders making individual houses and possibly therapists and pharma making anti depression pills. Did I miss any?

>Why is this a problem now, rather than say, 50 years ago?

People shared bedrooms, went to communal bath houses for example and there was a stronger family unit most likely due to societal customs.

You mixed up your Frenchmen. It was Sartre from his play "No Exit".

Jesus christ, this is the most depressingly real comment I've read in my life.