Both sides are obsessed with individual rights. The Left doesn’t want the government interfering with rights pertaining to abortion, drugs, and marriage. The Right doesn’t want the government interfering with rights of gun ownership, a free market, and the utilization of the environment. With both the Left and the Right, individualism has triumphed over a vision for shared wellbeing. Neither the Left “do your own thing” nor the Right “do your own thing” is compatible with the “love your neighbor as yourself” ethic of Christ.
