Archive · 25 Jun 2025
RSS Leader: E-commerce Weakens Social Bonds
Dattatreya Hosabale, an RSS leader, talked about how buying things online can hurt relationships.
He believes online shopping, while convenient, replaces trust and close connections with simple transactions.
He used the example of local marketplaces, where people knew each other, contrasting it with today's faceless e-commerce.
Hosabale worries we're losing these important connections, which he believes is leading to isolation.
He pointed to the US as a place where, in his view, society has largely disappeared.
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale discussed the negative impact of e-commerce.
Hosabale stated that e-commerce reduces relationships to mere transactions.
He noted the loss of traditional marketplaces rooted in relationships.
Hosabale cited the US as an example where society has diminished.
He spoke at a book release function in Mumbai, India.
- Who
- Dattatreya Hosabale, RSS general secretary.
- What
- RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale discussed the adverse impact of e-commerce on human relationships.
- When
- Tuesday, at a book release function.
- Where
- Mumbai, India.
- Why
- To discuss how e-commerce and market-driven lifestyles negatively affect human relationships and social bonds.
RSS Perspective
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Impact of E-commerce
RSS Perspective
E-commerce and market-driven lifestyles weaken human relationships.
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- Speaker
- Dattatreya Hosabale
- Organization
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
- Event
- Book release function
- Book
- Integral Humanism: A Distinct Paradigm of Development
- Focus
- Impact of e-commerce on social bonds
- Location
- Mumbai, India
