By Wanjiru Njoya
Mises.org
May 3, 2024
The ideal of individual liberty is perennially under attack not only from socialists, as one might logically expect, but also from conservatives who regard individualism as a form of selfishness. The ordinary meaning of selfishness is "caring only about what you want or need without any thought for the needs or wishes of other people," and many conservatives see this as a major contributing factor in social decline.