Ideologies: Role of the Individual
•Is it the role of the individual to serve the interests of the government, or the role of the government to serve the needs of the individual?
•With Communism, the welfare of the individual is subordinate to the interests of the state.
•For Liberals, the role of the government is to provide the conditions for individual freedom (e.g. Constitution guarantees individual rights). The rights of the individual in many cases takes precedence over the rights of the state (e.g. private property).