Collectivism and freedom are
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive G. Edward Griffin
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive G. Edward Griffin
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as it has in every country where it has been tried. We should also know why the communist leaders consider socialism the highroad to communism. Ezra Taft Benson
In the anarchist milieu, communism, individualism, collectivism, mutualism and all the intermediate and eclectic programmes are simply the ways considered best for achieving freedom and solidarity in economic life; the ways believed to correspond more closely with justice and freedom for the distribution of the means of production and the products of labour among men. … Read more
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now–independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one’s own conviction against a majority, and the willingness to voluntary cooperation with one’s neighbors–are essentially those on which the of an individualist society rests. Collectivism has nothing to put in … Read more
Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny. Friedrich August von Hayek
Collectivism takes on many guises and seldom uses its own real name. Words like ‘community’ and ‘social’ soothe us into thinking that collectivist decision-making is somehow higher and nobler than individual or ‘selfish’ decision-making. But the cold fact is that communities do not make decisions. Individuals who claim to speak for the community impose their … Read more
Wikipedia […] is the product not of collectivism but of unending argumentation. Clay Shirky
Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority … … Read more
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. Ayn Rand
We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody. Ayn Rand