An an immigrant to the USA, this is what has always made the USA different than any other country, including Europe.
What is best for the collective? Everywhere else, you are 2nd to the desires of the collective. The collective is put first as though that is what is best for the individual. In America, the best interests of the collective has always been individual rights. Putting individual rights first IS in the best interests of the collective.
We can see, especially in the UK, that your rights are eroded when subjective laws are weighed against the desire of the collective (mob). Free speech is gone over there. If you preach Christianity you’ll be arrested because the (Islamic) mob says it’ll make them violent to hear such ‘offensive’ words. Who should you arrest? The mob threatening violence? Or the preacher? ...of course the preacher loses because police deem it to be in the ‘best interests of the collective’.
who knew “The Lone Tanger” would be so prescient decades ago? Watching a re-run just now I learned that “A man who wears a mask is a man of evil.”