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David Brooks on the Art of Seeing and Hearing Others

Open to Debate

CHAPTER

The Relationship Between Loneliness and Political Activism

Lonely people are seven times more likely than non-lonely people to be politically active, using politics as a form of social therapy. However, politics does not truly offer genuine community, moral landscapes, or social action to cure loneliness.

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