@do
Basically yes.
The TL:DR is that the core building block of society is the individual and their freedom. The freedom to live, the freedom to own property, the freedom to self associate, the freedom to speak freely. The government's job is to protect those freedoms from inside and outside threats.
@do
Depends on how you define things. American "liberals" do have a tendency towards leftwing collectivism, that's why I don't like calling them liberals, but for people like Locke and John Stuart Mill, the individual was at the centre.
Here are some decent videos on liberalism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G42GGKbM87Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6OZuU5VLac
There need be a balance of individual vs society. Best for individual without detriment to society.
Right now we are seeing all done in the name of the individual and elective identities/mental disorders at the expense of society.