Marriage is gone. The family is gone. The middle class is gone. The culture is gone. The nation is gone.

This is merely atomization, no? I firmly believe that an atomized man is not without hope, but it does become far more difficult to move forward when you're completely alone.

I was actually thinking this morning after waking up, that it'd make a great modern children's book series to teach little boys how to grow up in the black pit of atomization. Of course, the ideal is to prevent and cure the atomization - but that's up to the adults around each child, and some will refuse to give their child a happy life. It is for those unfortunate children that I am thinking of what tips I could give.

I want to say some Nietzsche lessons could apply, but I've been too lazy to go over his work again. It is a rather modern problem, though, so any final form would be a new philosophy.