Some pathways of thought come to mind. A possible religious influence in our capitalist and individualist sense and seeking of happiness. I was writing something about happiness, tho not connected to social political topics, and a lot of less naive approaches seem to be in line or come.from eastern philosophy. Thinking about it, it is also much less individualistic (but by no means perfect). Oneness and nirvana vs Christian free will and special individual soul on the path to heaven