@ChrisMayLA6 centuries. It is of course difficult to put ones finger on one thing, but a few that come to mind in recent decades is instant gratification, and an educational system in free fall.
From this you can trace hedonistic and egoistic tendencies, and perhaps those are contributing?
I must also point out the difference between individualism and egocentrism. I do not think they are the same thing. You can be an individualist and still care for other individuals, but if you are ego
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In response to this post@ChrisMayLA6 centric, your ego takes precedence over all others.
Do you think that distinction makes sense?
The reason I am trying to high light it is of course that I am a libertarian and an individualist, but I do have the capability of caring for others, and I do.
In heated debates online, this fact is very often forgotten.
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I think peak-democracy was in the aftermath of WW2 - for a decade or so the recollection of what dictatorship could do, drove a generation to (for the most part) think about democracy & social democracy as the way to save humanity... as those memories faded, so did the notion of a democracy that sought to promote a general well-being.
I also think your distinction is correct; there's nothing to stop libertarian compassion; the distinction is more about what form social responses take
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