>there is a touch of truth to the family part with the US's high incarceration rate for African-Americans that could impact families in ways that Europe doesn't have
Black americans are a minority though. So if they are, say 20% (which I don't think they are even that), what explains the alienation in the other 80%?
I'm not saying overall alienation isn't a fact. But the GP laid out a list of reasons why it was problematic in the US and my point was those reasons a) mostly aren't unique to the US and b) probably not as big a contributor to alienation as they think. The mentioning of the high incarceration rate was to address their specific reason that the US is somehow unique in no longer having cohesive family units.
Black americans are a minority though. So if they are, say 20% (which I don't think they are even that), what explains the alienation in the other 80%?