Everyone against everyone

[matrixmann]

What the American idea of individualism spread throughout the world is: People have troubles to find a common base for standing united.

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[red-child.livejournal.com]

People are definitely isolated in their positions in the world. We're all living together but it seems so common to not know or really interact with your next door neighbor. I just recently was living in a big city... I barely saw much of my own roommates, and the family living next door, despite spending a lot of time outside, I barely talked to and didn't know any member of by name. I lived in isolation in my own mind and didn't have any common ground with anyone around me. We were all strangers or, with only a modicum of relative ground of mutuality between us. We knew nothing about each other. I couldn't tell you if any of them believe in God (though I doubt it) with any certainty. I'm at a loss as to who they are. For the record, this is coming from a circumstance of living in America.