And what’s an example of a non-atomized society?

  • HeavenAndEarth [she/her]OP
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    112 months ago

    and there is not a community of people for you to fall back on in times of need.

    Doesn’t family fit this role for many people?

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      262 months ago

      If they’re lucky. If they haven’t been disowned for being LGBT or if they didn’t get stuck with shitty parents.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      62 months ago

      One can imagine a family being larger than parents and siblings. Parents friends being like “uncles” or something is like a shitty version of this, but one could imagine a community being a hundred or so people, taking care of each other’s kids, talking and updating each other daily, lending sugar etc…

      Most people do not have this, even with a big modern family.