Alienation as discussed by Dr Gabor Mate is not by default but purposely designed to control you. That way you look outside of yourself for solutions in people and things that don’t have your best interests at heart. Our children in particular are being disconnected from their parental bonds (broken bond) seeking to bond with other forms of unhealthy relationships that will control them and keep them subjugated! Your awareness... your consciousness vibrates at much lower levels so that even when someone tells you.. shows you the way... you struggle to make head way! Most of our environments (Political , Working, Home, Media) are poisoned, polluted and unhealthy and filled with fear! Social engineering is hidden in plain site... right under your nose and these contrived forms of alienation keep you from seeing the blatantly obvious!