I think there's several layers of separation. Most people will never truly separate from the world.

None of us here on GLP have -- or we wouldn't have computers. :P

But, again, it's just a spectrum of awakening. Most of us, for example, likely do not follow other people (celebrities) on twitter. Most of us probably don't get our news from television conglomerates. Most of us likely don't trust most doctors, politicians, education systems, etc etc

There's a realization that these CORE, VITAL branches of society are broken and in many cases corrupted.

At the same time, the majority of people just have the feeling that things aren't right - they never want to point their fingers at what it is. They still buy into the system. They are still hooked up to it. If you try to point out any of these things - they will immediately, by programmed design reject anything you say that is uncomfortable - anything that is not spoken from within the main stream they are jacked in to.

At the end of the day, they likely look at society as I described initially "The world is messed up. Society is not in great shape, but there's nothing we can do about it..i'm just going to enjoy my life and let it go."

In essence, they gave up just as much.

If you want to look for true disconnection in modern society -you'd find it in people like the Amish or Menonites. These are sub-cultures outside of our pop-culture that are nearly and in some cases - totally- disconnected from society and have completely given up on the idea of our type of society.

In many ways, I envy them - and I almost think that kind of life is the way to go. There's certainly more positive benefits available to that - then there is in this type of current society.