The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “Man is by nature a social animal; and the one who does not live in society is either a beast or a god.”
Not only Aristotle, but many philosophers and religious texts also express the same idea: human beings need a community—
whether for safety or to escape loneliness.
But in today’s world, this idea seems to be changing. In an age of globalization where people should be more connected
humans are instead moving farther away from each other. People prefer staying alone and trying to escape from society.
Why is this happening?
And what might happen if people become completely antisocial?
Society. Not just a name but the name of a place of refuge. In ancient times, people lived in small families or groups, due to the small number of people, there was a security risk, there was a threat of attack by any wild animal at any time. So, people formed a society to avoid the attacks of those animals. They thought of helping each other in any danger. The thinking was all right, and the work was done accordingly. But slowly time passed. People moved towards progress. At one point, it happened that people gave more importance to money than relationships. This is where the problem started.
But as time passed, people started progressing and eventually, money became more important than relationships.
This is where the problem began.
Running behind wealth and success created jealousy, hatred, and unhealthy competition. People began focusing only on how to defeat others.
And slowly, we reached the society we see today. Then came our current society. The whole face of this society can be described very easily. If someone has an accident on the road, taking pictures is the real thing, from weddings to funerals, there is a forum for criticizing each other. Parents start heated arguments about whose child got what results, who got what job, how much is his salary. It would be better if the arguments stopped here. But the arguments do not stop here. Instead, going to your own home and listening to your child, comparing them with others, has become a regular occurrence.
That’s why today’s generation, society, people, hates these things so much. They want to stay away from everything. Because since childhood, they have grown up only with what people will say, what people will think. So when the tolerance limit is completely over, everyone wants to be alone, to be somewhere where no one will judge them with money, power, but will understand their mental stress and problems.
Basically, there is no fault of society here. Rather, the fault lies with those people in society. Because society was created for mental trust and physical protection, but people have turned it into a tool to show each other how to be inferior.
Because of the behavior of a few, the whole society is becoming rotten.
The young generation is losing interest in social interaction.
They avoid people, skip gatherings, and proudly post on social media about being antisocial.
But what happens if humans truly become antisocial?
The rule “stay away from what hurts you” works everywhere, but not in the case of society. Being antisocial may feel peaceful for a while, but it becomes a bigger problem in the long run.
Imagine today’s Gen-Z becoming completely antisocial. Right now, things might seem fine; everyone is doing their own work, living independently,
and no one is interfering in anyone’s life.
But the harmful effects will appear in the next generation: Generation Alpha and Generation Beta. Because they will be raised by Gen-Z parents. If Gen-Z is antisocial, their children will also grow up in an antisocial environment, where no one interacts much with anyone.
Since humans are social creatures, growing up in an antisocial environment will be a challenge for them. They will not experience friendship, they will not know how to work as a team, they will not want to help anyone in trouble, and no one will help them in their trouble, loneliness surrounds them, the current generation also once had a good relationship with their parents, but in the next generation that too will be very limited. Antisociality will consume them in such a way that they will maintain a distance from their parents.
As scary as it sounds to hear about the harmful effects of people becoming antisocial, if it happens in reality, it will be even more scary. Therefore, everyone should be aware from now on. There is no greatness in avoiding society, but if we throw away the rotten rules of society, maybe society will be as beautiful as before and the current problems will no longer be seen. It must be remembered that any problem cannot be solved in a day, but if everyone tries together, it will be solved one day or another.
