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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Kurt Vonnegut blamed many of modern society's ills on the fact that the current society destroys extended families, and breeds a apranoia and fear that keeps indivudual fammilies from getting to know their neighbors or those they go to school with or those they work with as well as they should. he exhorted the young to create your own extended families, and to care for reach other, to allow peopl to feel like they belong, instead of a constant terror of being an outcast.

I love my sonic youth forum family!

it's true man, coming to the u.s. from a latin american country i was suprised to see all kinds of alienated people living in basements with no social contact whatsoever.

back home everybody knows your business and this might be a good thing or a bad one, i don't know.

did you know by the way that over 50% of mexican immigrants suffer mental health problems when coming to the u.s.? most eventually recover, but back home you have a social network and here your have... tv! there's a lot to be said for having friends, family & neighbors around.

im renting studio rooms from my neighbor btw. she's a sweet grandma w/ a huge house & my house and i have become her extended family pretty fast.