On the increasingly large numbers of men dropping out of society in the US and elsewhere; signals of the greater decay happening in social bonds and its affect on people; the health effects of isolation; attempts at reversing these trends.

Some choice quotes:

seven million prime working-age men (those between the ages of 25 and 54) are jobless and have no intention of finding work.

To compound matters, 50% of the seven million consume copious amounts of prescription drugs and/or weed, and two-thirds live in a household that receives at least one disability payment every month. Very few of these men are rolling in riches. Instead, they appear to have just enough to get by: just enough money, just enough drugs, and just enough distractions (porn, video games, etc.). They are in many ways happily sedated, comfortably numb.

As a global phenomenon, this epidemic of loneliness demands organized, mass action to reintegrate people into social life . . . Otherwise the accelerating atomization of society will result in a collapse of all bonds and lead us into a new, frightening post-political era.

A summation of information some here probably know about already, but worth looking at regardless. No solution appears to be on the horizon at this time.