Not only Arendt. Berdyaev discusses this also. He agrees that the isolation of humans increased with Industrialism. Importantly though he found the nexus in the isolation of man from God. Capitalism builds off this isolation by turning men into objects.
Very interesting indeed. Somehow, I relate this subject to lack of self-awareness and poor leadership. In my managerial experience, both contribute to a dangerous confussion at an individual level which, in turn, expose people to a high level of manipulation. Especially when the manipulator despises human values.
In some ways, I think they have driven us (those with growing doubts over the past 2.5 yrs) into each other's arms. The 'fringe minority' have found each other and discovered they're not so fringe or so few after all. I think it has made us stronger, these new bonds, and I think we'll be harder to cow next effort (whatever form that may take), and I also think we are growing, as the government overreach and mistakes become more and more obvious. The attempt at isolating and distancing, has in the end brought us together. I feel like that anyway - that I have a new community.
At a little meetup/check in of some like-minded new friends the other day, one woman shared that she had agoraphobia for years, and was very withdrawn and retreated into herself. This last couple of years, and finding her fellow govt questioners has brought her out of that and she now feels engaged and stronger than before. I like to think that they have done that, inadvertently to huge numbers of people. Shown us that there is something we care strongly about and brought us together.
Not only Arendt. Berdyaev discusses this also. He agrees that the isolation of humans increased with Industrialism. Importantly though he found the nexus in the isolation of man from God. Capitalism builds off this isolation by turning men into objects.
Very interesting indeed. Somehow, I relate this subject to lack of self-awareness and poor leadership. In my managerial experience, both contribute to a dangerous confussion at an individual level which, in turn, expose people to a high level of manipulation. Especially when the manipulator despises human values.
In some ways, I think they have driven us (those with growing doubts over the past 2.5 yrs) into each other's arms. The 'fringe minority' have found each other and discovered they're not so fringe or so few after all. I think it has made us stronger, these new bonds, and I think we'll be harder to cow next effort (whatever form that may take), and I also think we are growing, as the government overreach and mistakes become more and more obvious. The attempt at isolating and distancing, has in the end brought us together. I feel like that anyway - that I have a new community.
At a little meetup/check in of some like-minded new friends the other day, one woman shared that she had agoraphobia for years, and was very withdrawn and retreated into herself. This last couple of years, and finding her fellow govt questioners has brought her out of that and she now feels engaged and stronger than before. I like to think that they have done that, inadvertently to huge numbers of people. Shown us that there is something we care strongly about and brought us together.