We traded it for personal freedom and individual choice. The opposite is sacrificing ones actions and restricting one's choices for the people around you.
It's why there is so much perplexity and confusion around this issue.
We cannot freely individually buy into the choice to live in a trusting society. Trust means giving up freedoms and not choosing yourself over others. It's very hard to even conceive if one is invested in individual freedom and progress as fundamental realities and rights. And to argue against freedom and progress is also inconceivable! Thus we have a paradox and our questions and comments here reflect this tension.
It's why there is so much perplexity and confusion around this issue.
We cannot freely individually buy into the choice to live in a trusting society. Trust means giving up freedoms and not choosing yourself over others. It's very hard to even conceive if one is invested in individual freedom and progress as fundamental realities and rights. And to argue against freedom and progress is also inconceivable! Thus we have a paradox and our questions and comments here reflect this tension.