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>>If the success of your collective is due to voluntary association then that means it is a success because it leans so heavily towards individualism. If this principle should be extended to the rest of society then it means we should become far more individualistic, almost Randian/Objectivist laissez faire.
We do have a very high sense of the common good and we are altruistic. We reject selfish behavior. Solidarity is our biggest weapon. I don't think we would classify as individualists.
Now, if tagging us with your name of preference (individualist) makes you happy, then it's fine by me. Still it's a fact that we're collectivists forming collectives and thinking collectively.
Maybe collectivists are not the commie monsters you may have them for.