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I dislike that they cut this off at 2003. On those graphs it was clearly already an upward trend.

Afterall, the actual issue derives more from the 1990s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone

Your thesis that the social issues are caused by the internet would become very weak; seeing as this started during the dial up era; pre smart phones, pre social media.