The Dangers of Collectivist Thought

Recently during one of my many random online searches, I ran found an old article titled Why Communism Kills written by an Australian teacher and lecturer named Fred Schwartz.  While not one of the better written pieces I have come across, he does make some very valid arguments against the idea of collectivist thinking and the inherent dangers therein.

This idea is one that I have been pondering for a few days now and will definitely have to dig a little deeper on.  However, it stands to perfect reason why a philosophy such as Communism, which focuses on the group as a whole, has no choice but to turn violent and suppress the people it is designed to help.  Humans, by nature, are inherently individualists and must be taught or coerced into abiding by group think. Individual thought must be suppressed. Since force is the only means a government has of suppression, eventually, this will turn to violence.


I will have more on this when I have done a little further research, however, the article makes a good, albeit scary, read for the time being.