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The elimination of community groups and community supports
In America
Pushing the
nuclear family
as the exclusive option, displacing
multi-generational living
that anthropologists tell us was predominate before this.
The
Stranger Danger myth
, that makes us more afraid of strangers.
See also:
Helicopter parenting
versus
free-range parenting
, the latter being
much more common abroad
.
The decline of
social clubs
and
civic organizations
.
The decline of apprenticeships.
[1]
[2]
Greatly weakening the power of
labor unions in the US
.
United States is on the
extreme end of individualism
, in general.
Nazi Germany
The government-backed
German Labour Front
was created to replace the independent labor unions that the SA had destroyed. The government then outlawed collective bargaining and striking.
More about community support in America
Trevor Noah — "As a Country becomes more developed, the thing that gets eroded is community"
Though he rightfully gets called out in the comments, because most of the examples he gives are
women's work
.
"Community support is higher in low-income countries"