[agumonkey]

I'd go even further, modern society is an anti-safety net. It seems the nicest way to live is to get slightly away from most of urban life as thought since post-ww2 era.

[Fricken]

Deaths of despair in the US are highest amongst rural white men. (Urban white men aren't too far behind.)

[agumonkey]

Sorry I didn't mean to go full farming. Just middle sized, near country side, villages lifestyle.

[krapp]

Modern American society is anti safety net. The rest of the modern world seems to accept the premise just fine.

[agumonkey]

USA might be above others but even in France and other western countries I sense a similar sense of senseless running around toxic everything and the state struggles to maintain protections since problems accrete.