Very good points George. I touched on some of the same in my comment (written after yours but before I read yours--I'm very impressed with your comment). I recently wrote about the tension between individualism and freedom and what that means in a society. You might enjoy it: https://medium.com/@marcus17043/i-meet-kierkegaard-nietzsche-ortega-and-archangels-in-a-bar-b56233dae748