“I’m not an individual; I’m an American.”

We’re still talking about individualism; this week through the lens of a couple of related pieces we noticed in the wild.

Links:

Heather Richardson’s piece (subscribe to her newsletter!): https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-27-2021

That Bloomberg article from May: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/it-s-not-just-up-to-you-to-solve-climate-change

Michael Harriot’s very excellent history lesson on the Founding Fathers’ unanimous support of vaccine mandates: https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1432060194276659203