The days of wild West rugged individualism, however, are over. We must change our way of life to more greatly consider the ...

Toxic individualism has led the U.S. to have one of the highest COVID-19 death rates in the world. It's time for a new national myth.

While COVID-19 attacks our immune systems and our economy, it also gives rise to attacks on American individualism. If the pandemic is spreading here, many argue, rugged individualism is at fault.

We live in a culture of rugged individualism run amok. Call it toxic individualism. Because in the case of this pandemic, it is literally toxic.

On this day in history, the nation's soon-to-be 31st U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, gave a speech in New York City mentioning "America's system of rugged individualism." ...

Rugged individualism is an example of what one political scientist calls America’s “foundational myths”, writes Kate Neale Cooper. It’s an undercurrent in lots of stories we tell ourselves ...

I fear we’re entering a chapter where the notion of rugged individualism, however flawed and inconsistent, rules the day — shaping policies and practices and public discourse to a degree we ...

The myth of rugged individualism, or going it alone, is outdated and was never completely accurate in the first place. None of us survive or flourish without the help of others.

Rugged individualism caused Donald Trump’s rise to power. It’s time we find a new way forward. The philosophy of "productive achievement" helped Trump convince people to vote against their own ...