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What you say is true but the nature of technology has resulted in humans needing to operate in larger and larger groups to optimise the potential wealth and security that can result from being in a group.
The family while still biologically and emotionally valid is no longer a potent economic unit.
It was when farming was done by a family and farming was the most common occupation.
That world no longer exists in the developed world.
The nation state, and its collective capacity to build security and economic scale, like it or hate it is more important to the wealth of people than ever before.
And most people want wealth . . . as much as they can get.
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McCarthy was right about everything.
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We are hearing people bring this up more today than 10 years ago but it's still pretty rare. I think we have been conditioned to think modernity is always progress. I am convinced we are largely clueless about what we have lost. The tradeoffs. The balance of benefits and deficits.
I'm very individualistic but as I mature I am learning what we have lost due to our rejection of tradition and family. It feels like we are peaking in this with the political division you see I families. It's absurd to me, but I think it's becoming more common.
I beleive this destruction of the family and traditional social structure has driven people to embrace socialistic ideas. The state becomes you family. However those ties are weak and do not fill the gap.