Elfriede Jelinek on Isolation and Solidarity

	I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity. In the past we would've said: to the development of class consciousness. The petty-bourgeoisification of society, with its hopes of climbing socially and its apprehension that a fall could come at any moment (there are no 'jobs for life' anymore; everyone is at risk; jobs are becoming increasingly insecure; each individual’s survival is becoming more and more precarious, yet this doesn't seem to lead to greater solidarity with others in a similar situation) - this all seems very dangerous to me. Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds. —Elfriede Jelinek (1946 - ····) Refering to the "most pressing social issue in Western society today"—
	Elfriede Jelinek Austria Author; Nobel in Literature;	Oct 20, 1946 Libra : Fire Dog Isolation; Solidarity;