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New Year’s started with a bang: just hours after the ball dropped in New York City, its new mayor lauded the "warmth of collectivism," deriding America’s tradition of "rugged individualism." 

Many under the age of 40 might mistakenly believe that what was meant was "warmth of community," but that is not what was said or meant. Socialists of all types call for collectivism as a political strategy (enforced conformity) and as a political end state (docile populace).  

Collectivism is the entire subordination of the individual man, woman and family to the amorphous collective, not for the common good, but so that there are no disruptions to the master plans of the elites. 

George Orwell, author of "Animal Farm" and "1984," wrote, "It cannot be said too often — at any rate, it is not being said nearly often enough — that collectivism is not inherently democratic, but, on the contrary, gives to a tyrannical minority such powers as the Spanish Inquisitors never dreamed of."

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his inaugural address Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, outside City Hall. (Fox News / Pool)

Collectivism thinks of people like subjects or animals, not citizens. Collectivism subordinates the........

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