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I need a phrase for a process which goes on large scale, trying to optimize overall output while ignoring needs of individual members.
The focus should be on the negative aspect: ignoring the needs.
(e.g. a doctor suggesting the same cure for everybody, being helpful for 80% of his customers, but not at all for the others).
Some phrases which comes to mind are
for the greater good
on the whole
on average
which presumes the whole over the individual.
