"you were more focused on the utility of our infrastructure than our individual skill sets and knowledge." No, I'm focused on the individualist/self-sufficient

"you were more focused on the utility of our infrastructure than our individual skill sets and knowledge." No, I'm focused on the individualist/self-sufficient mentality of Americans, due to their history of being on the frontier, and very remote rural areas. Sometimes this mentality exhibits itself in material behavior, i.e. building isolated plumbing/water/sewage systems. Owning tractors and such machinery for working around the large plot. Sometimes the mentality is expressed in behaviour that is really irrelevant, like buying SUVs or Trucks that are not needed and uses for 'status'. Sometimes it's purely ideological, like voting for a Republican when such individuals might be better served by a specific social policy. Sometimes it's both - like 'gun laws'. Prevalence of guns makes them easily available to idiots leading to more gun violence. But it also theoretically might save you in a specific circumstance, and, there's that whole thing about 'tyrannical governments'. The 'attitude' definitely exists.