Yep. You’ve hit on the core difference between conservatives and liberals. The former assign an individual’s well-being to the individual himself, secure in their respect for his liberty to manage his own life. Liberals only respect the Collective, the aggregate rights and characteristics of groups. There is no place in their world for individuals. All rights and freedoms (and responsibilities) evolve to the collective, to which various groups contribute and from which they benefit, usually with no proportion between the two.
I believe that only personal effort or private, voluntary association can promote legitimate human flourishing.
It has to do with their assumption about the nature of man.
Their assumption is that man is “basically good” and the evil we see people perpetrating is entirely due to outside influences. This is why they seek to mold and control all of society.
Our assumption is aligned with the biblical reality that every human has an innate sin nature that causes him to act in evil ways unless he restrains himself. No amount of “environment” will change that nature, it’s an inner process.