Does anything tear family and communities apart more than flying?

I value family. Extracting fuel and minerals leads to things that tear families apart, like making them refugees, child labor in dangerous mines, people living far from the homes they grew up in, causing people to die young, and more.

Valuing family is one of the main reasons I don’t fly. I don’t want to tear families apart. Likewise with communities. I don’t want to fund tearing communities apart.

Can you think of activities that tear families and communities apart more than flying?

I can’t think of many activities and institutions that tear families and communities apart more than flying. War comes to mind, but war usually results from running out of resources or conflict over resources, which flying contributes to.

Maybe I’m missing something. It seems one of the most anti-family, anti-community activities around. Am I missing anything?

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