Hard to argue that. They are also REAL issues. Also, one could argue that in the end they may do in the society.
However, materially, technologically, having the capacity to live longer and more comfortably, and to contemplate things such a loneliness, we are living in a much advanced age. Being lonely ain’t as important when your belly isn’t full and you are cold.
We also seem to have a need to invent or magnify our obstacles when many of the big ones have been vanquished. We are an imperfect lot.