“A nation of individuals recognizing no responsibilities towards others is on its way to collapse.”
Pure BS!
Free individuals naturally recognize the benefits of treating well others that deserve to be treated well. It’s in their self interest.
Treating others the way you would want to be treated, ie the golden rule, is really all about self interest and the overwhelming majority naturally behave that way without some central command enforcing that rule.
Yes, pure BS.
Ivy Main would take society to a pre-Enlightenment time when everyone knew his hierarchal place under a monarch.
The American experience proved Enlightenment discoveries that individuals pursuing their desires, looking out for themselves in a Christian society improve the social order.