Do people -- particularly, Westerners -- have a greater sense

depends on what you are talking about

large-scale, closer than ever
small-scale, maybe they do not to many "small quaint villages" nowadays (at least not in America)

>>3154642
think about it this way in the past it was not only common but also a social necessity to know your neighbors but nowadays neither of those are true anymore

>>3154674
I'm not sure what you mean.

>>3154642

Go fuck yourself namefag dickshit.

>>3154770
Villages had social structures that allowed people to be more closer in proximity but were inclusive as hell.

Nowadays we don't have those but we can talk to people on the other side of the planet as if they were our childhood friends (and they probably are).

>>3155002
>inclusive
exclusive*

>>3154792
better than having that scizo namefag

Nationalism, uniting under an ideology or religion is the cure