Lubbock represents a population that feels not only left behind but increasingly alienated by cultural shifts.

“She had alienated herself from liberal San Francisco along the way,” Peskin said.

The compounding effect of these barriers is not just a transactional inconvenience; it erodes trust and self-worth, leaving individuals feeling alienated from the same system designed to help them.

His abortive proposal to finagle nominees into office without Senate confirmation alienated legislators whose help he will need over the next four years.

Katz suggests that the artists’ apparent desire for a popular hug alienated a cloistered art public.