Evils of collectivism are just warming up. ‘Rugged individualism’ better be ready

New Year’s started with a bang: conscionable hours aft the shot dropped successful New York City, its caller politician lauded the "warmth of collectivism," deriding America’s contented of "rugged individualism." 

Many nether the property of 40 mightiness mistakenly judge that what was meant was "warmth of community," but that is not what was said oregon meant. Socialists of each types telephone for collectivism arsenic a governmental strategy (enforced conformity) and arsenic a governmental extremity authorities (docile populace).  

Collectivism is the full subordination of the idiosyncratic man, pistillate and household to the amorphous collective, not for the communal good, but truthful that determination are nary disruptions to the maestro plans of the elites. 

George Orwell, writer of "Animal Farm" and "1984," wrote, "It cannot beryllium said excessively often — astatine immoderate rate, it is not being said astir often capable — that collectivism is not inherently democratic, but, connected the contrary, gives to a tyrannical number specified powers arsenic the Spanish Inquisitors ne'er dreamed of."

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Collectivism thinks of radical similar subjects oregon animals, not citizens. Collectivism subordinates the idiosyncratic to the herd. Collectivist elites deficiency respect for the individual, the household and the section community. People are conscionable pawns, oregon sheep, to beryllium directed, used, manipulated and adjacent disposed of connected behalf of the maestro plans of elites. 

Collectivism masquerades arsenic an morals wherever "the needs of the galore outweigh the needs of the few." That is simply a lie. In reality, collectivism is an immoral ethic that recognizes nary rights but the close of the elite to regularisation and the work of a docile populace to obey. Collectivist cardinal readying ever seeks to crush individuality, idiosyncratic initiative, idiosyncratic rights and idiosyncratic property. Party elites entrenched successful unaccountable bureaucracies determine wherever the remainder of america get to live, nonstop our children to school, and work. 

We person the historical evidence of wherever collectivism leads: 100 cardinal radical murdered by collectivist communist regimes. Another 13 cardinal were murdered straight by collectivism successful its nationalist socialist (Nazi) guise, and that doesn’t statesman to number those who died successful the war.

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If New York, oregon Seattle, Sacramento oregon Minneapolis, is connected a way toward collectivism, we volition spot these tell-tale signs. 

Political leaders volition assertion "the ends warrant the means."  

Some of your neighbors volition suffer their rights and property. Political leaders volition statement them arsenic "enemies of the people" and warrant brutal taxation, lawfare and the appropriation of their spot arsenic "for the communal good."

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Over time, you volition beryllium invited to sublimate your ain convictions and individuality and motion on, successful publically symbolic ways, to the larger corporate purpose.  

How did we get to the constituent erstwhile a nationalist authoritative would mock the hardy, resilient, tough, rugged individualism that made America great? What is rugged individualism? 

Collectivism masquerades arsenic an morals wherever "the needs of the galore outweigh the needs of the few." That is simply a lie.

Rugged individualism is an ethic of idiosyncratic responsibility; "I volition bash my champion to conscionable my commitments and responsibilities, particularly for myself, my family, and my community." Rugged individualism is not astir atomized souls oregon predatory winners and losers. Rather, rugged individuals question meaning done idiosyncratic inaugural and pre-political relationships specified arsenic marriage, parenthood, the workplace, spiritual communities and voluntary associations. 

Rugged individuals marque choices and, astatine times, marque sacrifices for the bully of their families, communities and country. We telephone this "self-sacrificial" giving, and it is simply a acold outcry from the crushing, involuntary sacrifices associated with collectivism. Moreover, it is the creativity of individuals that has made beingness amended for the remainder of us.

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What would we person done without the ingenuity and innovation of Benjamin Franklin, Jonas Salk, George Washington Carver, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and many, galore others? Collectivist societies, specified arsenic the Soviet Union and Communist China, person to bargain the innovative discoveries made by rugged individuals successful escaped societies. There is nary creativity successful collectivism. 

America faces socio-economic and governmental challenges, but the solutions volition not beryllium recovered successful the centralized readying imposed connected the nationalist by an activistic elite. Pope John Paul II, having lived nether communism successful Poland, observed, "The humanities acquisition of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not bash distant with alienation but alternatively increases it, adding to it a deficiency of basal necessities and economical inefficiency."

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In contrast, Americans flooded challenges by the creativity, mobility and idiosyncratic inaugural of our citizenry. We bash it astatine home, successful the workplace, successful our schools and universities, and successful our section communities crossed a richly divers nation. We should beryllium robustly celebrating each of this astatine our 250th birthday this year. 

For those who privation to take collectivism, delight see emigrating to Cuba oregon North Korea. 

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