[xnx]

> The hallmark of our times is the death of the individual.

I see it as the opposite. The current mood of the day in the US is individualism over any sense of civic obligation or cooperation.

[wizofaus]

But that's been true in the US for long while (pretty sure any outside observer would agree). How the US dealt with covid compared to the rest of the developed world only made that painfully obvious, but I'm not sure you could demonstrate it's something that's become significantly more extreme recently.