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tocquevillean exactly - the intimate kind is demanding in a different way
I think I make a distinction between group memberships which grant you things like membership cards and numbers (Gesellschaft orgs) and ones where your membership quality is a function of who networked you in, and how (Gemeinschaft orgs). Putnam was about the former in decline.
I think one part of it is the lack of a guiding formal structure (like a sports league or a fraternal society), and, relatedly, gathering more often in private spaces instead of public ones. The tradeoff there is it's harder for newcomers to find and connect to the group.
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