I thought this was interesting. Initiatives like these, I feel, are more often than not at their core a band-aid to cover up the intrinsic socially atomizing and alienating facets of capitalist society.

However, I do think that the idea of a state-run agency that helps facilitate social interaction between people, especially people who realize that their loneliness is causing them great distress, is a good thing. It’s hard to socialize as an adult I feel, and institutions like this could be an accessible way to meet new people. If they’re implemented properly, of course.

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    The question you should be asking is “How will it be implemented”. Keep in mind, there is a very serious ongoing push by the Orthodox Church to monopolize the “ethics sphere” for the lack of a better term

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      Absolutely. I didn’t think about this as a potential church funnel, but that very well could become the reality.

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        Church, or one of the teeming masses of “patriotic” organizations. Feeling lonely? Just join the cossack battalion!