We The Collectivists In Ayn Rand's Anthem

We the Collectivists Collectivism is primarily the foundation of people who cannot survive as independent individuals. Since said people obviously aren’t individualists, no one is brave enough to go against their society’s norms, therefore retaining the collectivist society. A perfect example of this is in the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand. From the start of this brilliant novel, Equality 7-2521, later Prometheus, the main character and protagonist is trying to find himself, along with what he was placed on this earth to do. Soon enough his journey begins making sure to rebel against the Council of Vocation, since they are the only ones holding him back from his great overtake. Throughout the short story, more than just a light box is discovered; It becomes evident how The Council of Vocations appeal to certain ideas like trying to eradicate the factor of envy in order to justify their collectivist society, as well as how identical the society in Anthem and the one we live in today are, in terms of collectivism. In Anthem, The council of vocations would be considered the
In The Soul of a Collectivist by Ayn Rand, the narrator shows similar idea’s advocating collectivism. Ellsworth M. Toohey addresses Peter Keating, his victim saying “The world i want. A world with obedience and unity. A world where the thought off each man will not be his own, but an attempt to guess the thought in the brain of his neighbor who’ll have no thought of his own but an attempt to guess the thought in the brain of his neighbor and so on” (Rand The Soul Of A Collectivist). The rhetoric behind collectivism sounds significant at first look. Although it is natural for humans to form groups, the danger comes in when you realize a substantial amount of people can be held against for anything that a single person amongst them may or may not have