by MonteQuest » Mon 04 Jan 2016, 23:39:33
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'C')ollectivism is the greatest threat to individual freedom and liberty that the world has ever known.
The collectivist sees government as the
solver of problems. The individualist, by the way, is more skeptical. He tends to look at government as the
creator of problems. If there is a really big problem, such as the global warming issue involving the whole planet, the collectivist is convinced that it cannot be solved except through the actions of world governments. The individualist, on the other hand, sees that if you sacrifice the individual for the group, you have made a huge mistake.
With the huge human population mostly living in dense urban areas, many individualist conservative notions just aren't compatible in those arenas. It's one of the reasons large urban areas in the US vote exclusively Democratic. Those who believe in zero government are the anarchists, and those who believe in total government are the totalitarians. That's why we try to swing the pendulum somewhere near the middle.
A Saudi saying, "My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel."