Aus and NZ respect individual freedom as long as it does impinge on the safety of others. It is a continuum. You can't drink and drive in the US. So, there is a

Aus and NZ respect individual freedom as long as it does impinge on the safety of others. It is a continuum. You can't drink and drive in the US. So, there is an example of safety over individual liberty. So, it's not like the US values individual liberty over safety all the time. AUS and NZ (and Taiwan and Japan and SK) chose to be on a different end of the continuum (and looks like were validated based on the outcomes)