/lit/ - Literature

https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/the-state-of-american-friendship-change-challenges-and-loss/

>Many Americans do not have a large number of close friends. Close to half (49 percent) of Americans report having three or fewer. More than one-third (36 percent) of Americans report having several close friends—between four and nine. Thirteen percent of Americans say they have 10 or more close friends, which is roughly the same proportion of the public that has no close friends (12 percent).[6]

>The number of close friendships Americans have appears to have declined considerably over the past several decades. In 1990, less than one-third (27 percent) said they had three or fewer close friends, while about as many (33 percent) reported having 10 or more close friends.[7] Only 3 percent said they did not have any close friends.

>Many Americans are not overly satisfied about the size of their friendship group. About half of Americans (51 percent) report they are very satisfied or completely satisfied with the number of friends they have. Thirty percent say they are only somewhat satisfied, and 17 percent say they are not too or not at all satisfied with the number of friends they have.

>There are notable racial and ethnic differences in feelings of satisfaction about the number of friends Americans have. Black and Hispanic Americans express greater feelings of satisfaction than White Americans do. Close to six in 10 Black (58 percent) and Hispanic (56 percent) Americans report they are very or completely satisfied with how many friends they have. About half (49 percent) of White Americans say the same.

I'm looking for books that elucidate on the causes and effects of declining civic/communal participation, as well as correlated social alienation.
A couple I can think of off the top of my head are:
>Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam
>The Slaughter of Cities by E. Michael Jones
Any others that discuss this issue? Doesn't need to be limited to the USA either.

Osamu Dazai, Hunter Thompson even Lovecraft had Atheist-Socialist sympathies. There were many proletarians that picked up the pen, and rightfully should they it's a richer culture of humanity then low brow status quo capitalist gobbledygook.

>>16744743
>They had people, fun people, nice people. While I do not know the faces of my neighbors.
This has little to do with communism, though, it's a more general trend. Americans in the 60s were much more sociable than now. Read pic related.

>Don't worry, I'm leaving.
Well, you'll be an exception then. Most have stayed for good and never looked back. They obviously prefer the evil greedy capitalist societies.

>>15709478
Dale Carnegie's book is a knowledgeable and well-written manual for navigating an America that no longer exists.

What are /lit/'s opinion on this?
I just borrowed it from a mental health ward yesterday.