The age of the American individual may be coming to a close.
For thousands of years in nations around the world there was a ruling class and the ruled. A few hundred years ago some of the ruled left for America to become less so. Then the ruled cast off the rulers in America. They became self-reliant and self-governing individuals. Some others followed suit here and there around the world. After The Great War and World War II, a great many more nations found citizens governing themselves.