Very few tyrants argued for the slavery of the masses. Instead, they argued for their right to protect the people from themselves.

Individuals can only volunteer their will. The collective has no rights if not by the use of force and coercion. Collectivism is not a collection of individuals; It is the complete denial of the individual and its rights. Socialism is not cooperation of individuals; it is the denial of individual rights and individual dignity.

The central planners of Democratic Socialism tighten their noose when people resist their plans and assert their rights. All Socialism is intended to devolve into Communism, and as a result, Totalitarianism.

There is no law, there is only conjecture. The Progressive ethos changes the law's meaning according to fad and fashion.

The idea economy is a conversation. Try to channel or control that conversation and you will stop the chatter.

Every totalitarian Communist considered themselves as a Socialist first and foremost.