>>14327651Soviets indeed had more places of culture than before the Revolution, and they probably were less lonely than we are today. There are today's examples too: Japan has the Ministry of Loneliness, they work to fight social isolation and suicides. Look at statistics and the problem becomes obvious - and the lonely people aren't at fault. 30% of people smoke, are smokers at fault? No, there is something wrong in the society that makes them this way. Likewise, less than 50% literacy rate in the 1910s doesn't mean people were stupid, it means there were no accessible places of education. Loneliness is dealt with the same way as illiteracy.
