In the novella "Anthem" by Ayn Rand, Equality is enlightened about his society when the council threatens to destroy his invention.
From the threatening of the destruction of Equality's invention, he understood that they are confined and in bondage to working with others while suppressing their opinions and beliefs.
For example, the Collective 0-0009 first response to the invention of Equality's invention was " we have much to say to a wretch who have broken all the laws and who boast of their infamy! How dared you think that your mind held greater wisdom than