Because our connections are ethereal and virtual rather than bound by geography, we can leave a community without any fear of consequences, without being concerned about a knock on the door from a concerned friend or pastor. As individuals we form our communities, and as individuals we leave them. And so we are networked as individuals who are more concerned with our own interests than those of others—the people in the communities we inhabit. Without the traditional ties of geography or genetics, we have less reason to care for our communities, to nurture them, to be concerned with their
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oh lord help us fight against this.
