Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group

Ayn Rand
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Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism holds that man must be chained to collective action and collective thought for the sake of what is called 'the common good'. ✨ The Only Path to Tommorow. Readers Digest, pp. 88-90, January, 1944.
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