Today, any self-interested person can override the interests of everyone else. In the name of individual rights. Americans have ended up losing much of their individual freedom. In the land of free speech, you'd have to be a fool to say what you really think. This new fairness has also let to the callopse of our common good. A few decades ago there were no warnings on hot coffee. Schools weren't perfect but they weren't out of control. Today , instead of making obvious decisions, principals, teachers, doctors, and others who deal with public go through the day looking over their shoulders.