Nuclear and extended families were basically banned as government heresy 40 years ago. I came from a massive extended family - they were scattered to the winds in the 1980s during the "It Is Very Fashionable To Move Away From Home" era, which was compounded by the systematic murder of small businesses and industry. Divisions between family members are further exacerbated by "political" and "social" issues, which are methodical constructs designed to do exactly that - shatter families and friendships, and further atomize the culture.
Individualism is the goal - but as individual, expendable economic units.
It is, but that is hardly the point. Americans are freezing to death in the streets while illegal aliens are lounging in NYC hotels. That, is genocidal warfare.