Grieg

"There is a deep and growing sense that the whole “public thing” is little more than a rigged game; rigged by a tiny few who have become skilled at disconnecting it from justice and the common good in favor of their own narrow set of interests and/ or those of their paymasters. The polarization and disconnect of our national politics have a symbiotic relationship with the polarization and disconnect within the broader culture. In a world dominated by smartphones and social media, many find themselves increasingly disconnected from the physical, the embodied, the real— and especially from authentic encounters with “the other.” Given the unprecedented ease of travel and mobility, those with the resources to do so most often choose to live in actual and virtual communities who think pretty much like they do. Whether it is the news we watch, the websites we visit, the people we follow on social media, our physical neighbors, our actual and virtual friends, our churches, or the people with whom we socialize, many of us consume information and engage ideas in ideologically comfortable, largely disconnected communities that rarely force us to examine critically the received wisdom of our ideological community."

Camosy, Charles Christopher . Resisting Throwaway Culture: How a Consistent Life Ethic Can Unite a Fractured People (pp. 11-12). New City Press. Kindle Edition.