AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Individualism and Compliance with Government Mandates
Individualism, as opposed to collectivism, emphasizes focusing on the self over social rules. In the US, individualism played a key role in resistance to vaccine, mask mandates, and lockdowns during the pandemic. This attitude varies across cultures and time periods. In the past, like in 1955, there was greater trust in government, communal sentiment, and respect for following rules, leading to more compliance with such mandates.