United Marxist Nations wrote:If a program for escaping crippling loneliness existed, I think most people would report their loneliness in the hope of escape, much as is the case with economic welfare. Suffering is subjective, so anyone who is suffering should be aware of their suffering.
How could it increase isolation?
So, anyone who reports suffering will report in, and therefore we will treat EVERYONE who comes in saying they are suffering? Unlike economic welfare where we can look at finite numbers to help determine whether to provide aid (which costs money), how can we accurately rate "loneliness"? Asking the individual to rate it 1-10 would be pointless, since that is entirely subjective and everyone view what the extremes are differently.
It is also unfeasible to treat EVERYONE who has suffering, for if you don't ever have any suffering or sadness, that itself is a mental disorder (one of the more known ones of that ilk is called Mania). Up and downs are normal in each human, and can be expected. In more severe cases such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depression etc...Many current insurance programs and/or government healthcare actually ALREADY cover therapy and medication for solving these issues.
Lastly....How can we treat loneliness and/or minor isolation? Realistically, we will be assuming these people will already living and regularly interacting with other people, and simply don't have any friends. Is it really feasible to attempt to create and fund (again, funding is a major issue) a program to find friends? How will we find individuals to be willing to be friends, and how can we find good accurate matches?
Ultimately...Again, we can't realistically fix it.