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Full Idea
Community is only a nostalgic memory of a past condition of belonging that exists no longer. Regret, not a living experience.
Gist of Idea
Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists
Source
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi (The Second Coming [2019], I 'Fascism')
Book Ref
Berardi,Franco 'Bifo': 'The Second Coming' [polity 2019], p.44
A Reaction
It is hard to disagree with this. Local heroes in my town make lovely efforts to improve the place (with flowers, sculptures) but most of us don't know who they are. Capitalist competition erodes community.