Amid Loneliness Epidemic in Trump's US, Communities Form

Amid Loneliness Epidemic in Trump's US, Communities Form

By Mattea Kramer ( Tomdispatch.com ) – All the way back in 2023, the surgeon general diagnosed Americans as suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. More recently, amid the rise of American fascism, I started to notice that people were not only lonely but had also begun referring to the world as simply “the news.” Perceived that way — as a phenomenon pre-packaged via our devices — our bond with the world was distilled into just two options: con…