Is loneliness becoming epidemic under capitalism?

Is loneliness becoming epidemic under capitalism?

Naaaah.

It's only A L I E N A T I O N

I can't get the fuck away from people enough. They're all idiots.

not capitalism, modern society in general

yeah. wanna cuddle user?

Stop reminding me, you dick.

it seems separation is widely-acknowledged as being all-pervading.

the revolution is one built on the common ground of our separation.

muh spectacle

Well I am isolated from people i love or want to hang out with that live in other counties that I am unable to move to or afford regular visits. I guess that counts.

2edgy4me

As person who has always been a social retarded i can see through the matrix of the modern world.
The rise of smart phones is what really did society in.
No more conversations, no more hanging out, just look down at your phone.
The funny thing is that ive never owned a phone, like ever.
The entirety of humanity has been knocked down to my level of autism but in an irony i have no friends to text on a phone.
Its like some twilight zone shit.
Now im the one telling people to go back, EVERYONE TALK EVERYONE BE COOL AGAIN IM THE ONE WHO IS NERDY

No, download Pokemon Go.

It's becoming an epidemic under industrialization.

I know you're being sarcastic but you somehow managed to perfectly encapsulate late capitalist mentality

We live in late stage capitalism, our society and capitalism is almost one and the same.

Your experience may vary. Everyone I know is either vapid meme-spouting consumerists or shrill highly religious conservatives.

>>>/r9k/

Capitalism has killed me comrades

Fix yrself faggot

Rude I just wanted to share feels with my comrades

Polite sage

You mean my condition in life doesn't actually have an affect on my mental health or ability to socialize and create meaningful relationships? All I have to do is be better? Huh never thought of it that way, thx

Not the same dude btw. Fuck off with your "easy self-improvement bro" shit. It is incredibly difficult to get someone to really desire change, and another monster entirely to act on it.
Depression sucks like a motherfucker. From time to time I still revert to some form of stagnation. We don't live in a world that's welcome to overcomings, and we sure as hell don't live in a system that gives us the means and strength to carry that burden.

not really related to socialism/capitalism, but gosh I wish there were more public spaces in the US you could just spend time at in walking range

it seems the only places you can do that are universities and retirement homes (both which you have to pay for)

People are too isolated from each other in their empty homes. Everybody is stressed popping pills worrying about work or rent. Work occupies too much of you time.

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No, I mean it. Capitalism can make you feel like shit in a variety of ways but capitalism can also make you feel good in a variety of ways.

Ok, I'm trying a new idea out for a spin, go easy on meā€¦There is no such thing as the single definitive way that capitalism impacts everyone, aside from the very specific alienation of commodity fetishism. Loneliness is not an inherent feature of capitalism.

Yeah, that had nothing to do with the point I was making.

Blaming capitalism on one's inability to get a gf not only is some /r9k/-tier horseshit ("the grils i pursue only like rich douchebags so that must be universal :^((((("), but it cheapens our struggle down to basically the same thing as Holla Forumsyps who plan for the Fourth Reich to guarantee everyone an Aryan wife.

And in general blaming your general unhappiness with your life over not having a gf is displacing your other problems onto something that our culture teaches us to want and to believe will fix all our problems. It's part of the lifecycle of the worker to mate, so we're taught to not feel like complete human beings without having a mate. But the fact is that a relationship isn't a panacea, and if you bring your baggage into a relationship without dealing with it beforehand you're just going to end up ruining the relationship and making yourself even more miserable because you never bothered to figure out what's wrong with you.

So by "fix yourself" I don't mean to start lifting or whatever. People who whine incessantly about not having a gf have other problems they need to at least become aware of and focus on so that they don't dump their shit onto someone else and expect them to just deal with it. It's a selfish and stupid way of thinking.

And by the way, I have depression too so don't give me that shit about how I'm being insensitive to your "condition".

Depends if you buy into the idea that social media and constant (mis)information bombardment is human companionship.
Personally I think I am very much alone.

That said, I am a 26yo hugless virgin/college droput/NEET so your results may vary.

Nice projection there m8

Did you not read the post I was responding to?