Such a society like collectivism does not give any type of equality at all. It alternatively sends a message of working together for the "common good of society", sacrificing personal interests or individual mindsets to work as a group. But putting such power over individuality is an immoral act. In Anthem, Equality, he escapes his old collectivist society because of being neglected of his actions and appearance, calling the members of the council, "You fools… you thrice-damned fools" (75). It ignores success from one person, but rather pays attention to the overall association's success. In a collectivist society, it believes in complete equality between everyone, otherwise known as having duplicates of each other following the rules of their
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It persuades the person's mind to kill off the different socio-economic groups and join in a big group of equality. Unlike having it to sound like a plain, ordinary thing, it dresses it or decorates it, material or nonmaterial wise. This is to show that even the lowest if jobs can be considered in a title as equal as the most successful job. But this perfectly displays pseudo-equality. Only the titles and names are changed, not the physical appearance nor the action of a thing. In a passage in "The Soul of a Collectivist", Toohey understands that euphemisms perfectly persuades the human mind into thinking about, in this passage, an ultimate kind of happiness by giving up everything that makes the people happy. He describes these certain terms of ultimate happiness as "Universal Harmony, Divine Purpose, Paradise, Racial Supremacy" (Rand). It almost sounds sarcastic to give such a grand title to such a low-class job or even social status to people. Similar to the job Equality gets from the council as "Street Sweeper" (26). Being a Street Sweeper is a lowly appreciated job that even Equality disliked, but accepted it for his community. He rather be part of the "Home of Scholars" since he was interested in science and most importantly, learning, but having such people like him would ruin the society he lived in. Giving a prestigious title to everyone only masks up the thought, not the
It persuades the person's mind to kill off the different socio-economic groups and join in a big group of equality. Unlike having it to sound like a plain, ordinary thing, it dresses it or decorates it, material or nonmaterial wise. This is to show that even the lowest if jobs can be considered in a title as equal as the most successful job. But this perfectly displays pseudo-equality. Only the titles and names are changed, not the physical appearance nor the action of a thing. In a passage in "The Soul of a Collectivist", Toohey understands that euphemisms perfectly persuades the human mind into thinking about, in this passage, an ultimate kind of happiness by giving up everything that makes the people happy. He describes these certain terms of ultimate happiness as "Universal Harmony, Divine Purpose, Paradise, Racial Supremacy" (Rand). It almost sounds sarcastic to give such a grand title to such a low-class job or even social status to people. Similar to the job Equality gets from the council as "Street Sweeper" (26). Being a Street Sweeper is a lowly appreciated job that even Equality disliked, but accepted it for his community. He rather be part of the "Home of Scholars" since he was interested in science and most importantly, learning, but having such people like him would ruin the society he lived in. Giving a prestigious title to everyone only masks up the thought, not the