Don't be so sure the US eschews the power of the collective. First and foremost, the roots of democracy lie in collective principles. Citizen rule. And the current US political earthworks are changing. California, with 40 million citizens, swapped from decidedly and reliably Republican red to even more decidedly and reliably Democratic blue. More than just a change of mind, it was a change of the electorate. And that's happening nationwide. As California goes, so the nation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/us/california-blue-state-democrat.html