The Real Reason 1 in 3 Americans Are Cutting Off Their Family from Making the Argument with Nick Freitas

The Real Reason 1 in 3 Americans Are Cutting Off Their Family

1 hour 2 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 9:00 pm.

– 38% of adults are estranged from family

– What used to be enough to cut off family

– Why siblings cut each other off the most

– Liberals, Gen Z, and the political violence overlap

– Why your family gets less grace than strangers

– Social media, clout, and the empowered victim

– Therapy culture, and what "trauma-informed" really means

– Reddit's advice went from "talk to them" to "end it"

– We were debating, they were diagnosing

– Why leaving each other alone was never going to work

– The words that end a conversation before it starts

– What parents can actually do about it

– The prodigal son, and why the father doesn't chase

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People are more willing to cut off a family member for voting the wrong way than for committing a serious, violent crime. What is actually causing this?

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