I often hear that currently the world is experiencing a “loneliness epidemic”; for example, in Japan, pensioners are now often committing small crimes to end up in prison, where they'll feel less lonely. Another similar phenomenon is "atomization," when people live in an apartment building for years without interacting with their neighbors. I see that all of these phenomena have a common cause: politics.
Many people confirm to me that educated people, on average, have fewer friends than the uneducated ones. There are also studies showing that smart and educated people have fewer children, a problem mentioned in the film "Idiocracy":
https://youtu.be/sP2tUW0HDHA
I think that I understand perfectly how this works. Friendship requires common goals and interests; and when people in normal, non-sectarian groups start discussing various intellectual topics, they inevitably begin discussing politics. Then some of them become oppositionists, then the authorities punish them, and this discourages others from engaging in such communication. That’s why usually people find friends in so-called “interest clubs”, more exactly sects, where the goal of a group is called “important” for its members, but in fact the main purpose of it is only helping to find friends. This is very clearly evident in my country, but the same trends are evident in the West, only more hidden there. Western democracy is illusory, the deep state rules there.
A psychologist also told me that a person starts drinking alcohol, if he lacks a purpose in life—and this happens because his country lacks democracy, so he can’t vote for something that makes the world better.
I am certain that if we introduce a political system with many referendums, people will easily make friends anywhere, and loneliness will disappear, as well as alcoholism.