Recently by Gary D. Barnett: Thank You for Your Service? NoThanks! Collectivism holds that, in human affairs, the collective — society, the community, the nation, the proletariat, the race, etc. — is the unit of reality and the standard of value. On this view, the individual has reality only as a part of the group, and value only insofar as he serves it. ~ Leonard Peikoff The mind of the collectivist is empty and pitiful, and has not the ability to think on its own. It has no uniqueness; it has no individual personality. It does not create, nor does … Continue reading The Scourge of Collectivism