The Idol of "-Isms": Why Collectivism Fails Where Community Thrives

We live in a world of disordered love. Disordered love always leads to “isms.”

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When I talk about what it was like to live under socialism, I sometimes get this reaction from people in the West: “But the USSR didn’t hold a monopoly on socialism. There are many examples of it being successful.”

I asked: “Can you name some?” One person answered, “Many indigenous communities were socialist in nature. And I have been part…