Connectivity

Today, as we know it, in the United States of America, it's citizens tend to have one mind-set and one mind-set only; one man for himself. I find, and many of my peers will probably find, that as time has progressed this country has lost it's sense of community for a number of reasons (i.e. money, greed, loss-of-faith in humanity).



Even though the people of this country tend to have a lot of negative qualities, a positive thing that I have noticed about the people living in the U.S. is how we can always find a way to stick together in a time of crisis or need. What I have personally experienced is that the people living in this country really know how to come together if life calls for it. There is that instant connectivity; that instant sense of community.



In Peter Block's book, Robert Putnam talks about Social Capital in, "Bowling Alone". I think that Social Capital is the very underlying fabric of the United States. As much as where we live may seem superficial and extremely harsh, there will always be that connectivity in this country's people. There will always be a community if life calls for it.