Our society does not do community. That is what is killing pubs. In Jolly Olde England, the whole town went to the pub in the evening. Now, it’s just for a quick drink.
“Community” seems to have been redefined as a group of like-minded people with a grievance or agenda rather than as a group of people who merely live in one’s neighborhood or town.
It’s also due to drinking and driving laws - because while the nearest beer joint is about 1.2 miles from my house, if I went to meet any friends at a bar, it’s a 30 mile drive back from said bar. I’d rather just drink at home, save the money and the cop car ride.
betting many people stop in for a quick drink and leave so the won’t have to associate with loudmouth angry people pushing their political or social grievances on anyone who half listens. I remember Cheers! as a place where everybody knows your name and your politics but one can drink with people you may disagree with and still be friends AND friendly. the world of today is not the same one I grew up in. everybody screams while nobody listens. I drink at home now where only my wife can scream at me.
In European towns, the tavern patrons could all trace their ancestors back hundreds of years by the headstones in the local cemetery. Now, your neighbors are just as likely to have arrived illegally a week ago.
The breakup of community was by design. The Globalists don't want anyone grouping together and opposing their plans.
“Our society does not do community.”
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Nor comity.