Deeper than that- it was tied to having skin in the game rather than being a rootless globalist with no ties to anything that would make you care about positive outcomes for other people. The only kind of individualism they want is solitary loners with no aspirations beyond consooming and obeying The Authority.
Same reason why voting was tied to land ownership - owning land was correlated with not being a total fuckup.
Deeper than that- it was tied to having skin in the game rather than being a rootless globalist with no ties to anything that would make you care about positive outcomes for other people. The only kind of individualism they want is solitary loners with no aspirations beyond consooming and obeying The Authority.