What are the two main elements of western culture

The mainstream political philosophy in the West is liberalism, and the core and methodology of liberalism is individualism, which is also known as atomism. Individualism is also known as atomism. It means that the individual (atom) is the starting point and destination of all systems and social policies, and the so-called state, society, collective organizations, etc. in the final analysis are based on the subjective feelings of countless individuals, and by the nature of each individual to deduce and argue out of the basic concepts of political and legal philosophies such as freedom, democracy, checks and balances, plurality, tolerance, compromise, the rule of law, the contract, autonomy and so on, as well as the political system built on the basis of the concepts.