Talk:Collectivism

Christianity, radical feminism

• Only some Christian sects are collectivistic... Correction: most Christian sects are collectivistic; collective duties form the central thrust. In liberal Christianity, this takes the form of one's obligations to one's "neighbors;" in fundamentalist Christianity, the clan mentality and "holy military service of Christ" type stuff.
• ..."radical feminism" is a snarl word. To some people, who think the adjective is redundant, it is; to actual radical feminists, it is a philosophy that rejects any view of gender-relations as a facet of some other struggle, but rather the other way around. ListenerX^TalkerX 05:40, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Objectivism

How is objectivism collectivism when it is its polar opposite? Talsley (talk) 15:46, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

This guy has a point for once. Ŵêâŝêîôîď^{Methinks it is a Weasel} 16:02, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I am not a guy nor am I stupid. But it is nice to finally meet another rational, mature, and reasonable person.Talsley (talk) 16:05, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Ah, yes, that very individualistic philosophy that required its votaries to agree with Ayn Rand in all particulars. ListenerX^TalkerX 00:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

This edit

Try to have LESS weasel wordings in it. Thanks. C®ackeЯ 19:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC) C®ackeЯ

Obscurity

What is the "Ayn Rand Collective", really? Would someone care to clarify? 95.14.200.31 (talk) 20:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

The collective of Ayn Rand. Duh. Atheoi (talk) 03:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Phony individualism

Can someone hold my hand and explain this section to me and why it's in the article? It doesn't make any sense to me. Hmmph (talk) 03:35, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

That makes two of us, my sweet babuska. I've removed it. Faced with mysteries dark and vast/statements just seem vain at last. 03:52, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

I think it was trying (and failing) to comment on the pseudo-individualism of capitalist culture in which you can "express" your "individuality" by, say, choosing between Mac or Windows. You are what you buy! Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 04:13, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

What's wrong with collectivism?

I feel like this article portrays collectivism in a somewhat negative light, mostly with the table of comparisons and the quotes by fascists. I think it would be more proper to analyze it as a property of certain ideologies, whether those ideologies themselves are harmful (nazism) or not (secular humanism). ^{— Unsigned, by: 209.108.211.122 / talk / contribs}

I can agree that it is cast in a negative light which seems to be its most common usage. However, the usage seems to have become so broad that in many cases, it's become kind of meaningless as a term. It's just a placeholder for "Things angry people don't like", as liberal and Socialist have kind of become. I would be interested in seeing your analysis if you feel this strongly since this is a resource you can add to and no one is going to take up causes you feel strongly about better than you. -EmeraldCityWanderer (talk) 17:19, 1 February 2016 (UTC)