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.
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
Absolutely. I didn’t think about this as a potential church funnel, but that very well could become the reality.
Church, or one of the teeming masses of “patriotic” organizations. Feeling lonely? Just join the cossack battalion!
Note: I’m not sure if it’s the same person, but there is a “Sergey Leonov” in the lib dem party that may have called for some pretty fucked up legislation. If it’s the same person who called for this idea, I still think this proposal stands as a good one.
