beSpacific<p>The Anti-Social Century, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/personalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalities</span></a>, our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>, and even our relationship to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a>. The shift to self-isolation is rewiring culture and politics, “making society <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weaker</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/meaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meaner</span></a>, and more <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/loneliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loneliness</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/isolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isolation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/delivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delivery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/eating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eating</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gatherings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gatherings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/contact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contact</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/talking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talking</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socializing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socializing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/magazine/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/</span></a></p>