Before I start, I'm going to explain the word choice in my first sentence a little bit more. I use "Americans" because it is is the culture and society that I am living in now, and I realize that the perspectives that I am about to share my opinion over exist in different parts of the world. However, I originally wrote "the majority of the population" and that's not exactly right, because it's incorrect that the MAJORITY of the world has access to technology and social media. So that is why I chose "Americans"... it's the most specific and correct I could be.
Here we go.
The majority of Americans are on social media, and the majority of Americans like to scream, "Everyone's always on their phones, it's so sad, no one has a real life, it's just all on the screen." But I'd like to argue that that is only a problem to a specific degree. It's easy and relatively trendy to pout about how sad it is that everyone lives their life online (I'm having difficulty writing this sentence because I'm not even entirely sure what their argument is and what they support their opinion with.)
But here are some of my thoughts on this subject:
1. Internet presence does not strip someone of their humanity or the fact that they are a real person.
2. The internet allows people to break through the barriers of long distance, enabling us to interact with residents of other nations directly, providing the ability to dispel misconceptions and create friendships where world leaders do not.
