Keep in mind that “individual” means “Undividable”.
Watched Die Hard 4, I guess it is, when hackers take over the country. Young techy dude asks McClain: Why are you doing this? Mclain (net, paraphrased): “because the work needs to be done, and it isn’t getting done. Trust me, I have better things to do, but I’ll be damned if I walk away from the responsibilities just dropped on me.”
Can there be any better summary of the benefits of liberty, as combined with an accurate assumption of generalized personal responsibility? An attack of any sort comes anywhere. Local people organize, and respond, without external direction or prompting. They understand a problem exists, that it needs to be solved, and that the solution falls first to them.
Our system WORKS, if the people composing it understand the value of being free.