Why is common goal more important than individual rights in society?

Question

Examples or any historical example is fine.

Answer 1

If the common goal is also the common good, then it is beneficial to and expands the individuals rights.
This is a very rare, if ever seen occurrence, but that is the principal.
If the common goal of an Individual, or a society of individuals is proposed as for the common good, well that's usually a political move and is inherently bad for the individual.
WW1 was opposed by the society, but a little manuvering and it was generally accepted. Was it good for the society? wich society. For US interests it was ok, for Germans it was not in the design that they had laid out.
Hawaii as a Sate. Was it good for the Society of Hawaii? no, was it good for the society of America, yes.
If the common goal is Free Food,Anarchy and Peace, the co-existance would be good for the indavidual rights of society.

Answer 2

Which society?

If you're talking about the USA, it might not even be true as individual rights are pretty strong. It depends on which context you mean. In times of war people's individual rights can be suspended and one may have to fight without a choice but thats simply survival. And those are exceptional circumstances, normally the individual's rights hold up pretty well.

Now if you're talking about North Korea, that's a whole different ballgame.