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Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by bilbo0s on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:34AM (#21845335)
>there is a touch of truth to the family part with the US's high incarceration rate for African-Americans that could impact families in ways that Europe doesn't have

Black americans are a minority though. So if they are, say 20% (which I don't think they are even that), what explains the alienation in the other 80%?

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Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by jbigelow76 on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:41AM (#21845399)
I'm not saying overall alienation isn't a fact. But the GP laid out a list of reasons why it was problematic in the US and my point was those reasons a) mostly aren't unique to the US and b) probably not as big a contributor to alienation as they think. The mentioning of the high incarceration rate was to address their specific reason that the US is somehow unique in no longer having cohesive family units.
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