(AFP / Getty Images)Much of it is fueled by the belief that these measures represent an undue restriction on individual freedom. We live in a culture of rugged individualism run amok. The culture of toxic individualism has deep roots. At his rallies recently, he complains that all CNN does is talk about “COVID, COVID, COVID.”If Americans had once consumed the myth of the rugged individual, it appears the myth is now consuming us. Early this year, the experimental opera company the Industry staged the critically acclaimed “Sweet Land,” an opera that picked apart the tropes of Western expansion and rugged individualism.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 30, 2020 16:39 UTC