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Ayn Rand exposes the grossest side of collectivism as a dark anti-utopia in her novel Anthem. Following Equality's struggle to find his spirit, the story depicts a society in which sense of self has been given up completely, and only the sense of group has remained. One is not an individual, but rather a part of a whole that is only as strong as its weakest. It gets to the point where people are not even named, they're numbered, because no one person is important enough to have a distinguishing name. They have names like Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5- 3000, which are closer to cattle brands than actual names. Everyone is assigned a job, and everyone is assigned a mating partner. There is no love, there is no preference, there is not even choice, only obedience. This seemingly preposterous way of life can only bring people to make certain sacrifices and to make certain acceptances. These sacrifices are the types, when one knows what is being given up, one would be willing to die not to make, and these acceptances are the types that one would be willing to die before making. One must sacrifice unique skills, and one must sacrifice any enhancement of appearance. They must let go of their quirks, right to free speech, even the use of the word "I." On the other end of the spectrum, one must accept that their life is meaningless except for the welfare of mankind, and one must accept that there is no way of life other than a life of obedience, drudgery, and fear, and any other way is disgraceful and cast down.
The people of Equality's city have accepted their way of life to be the one they follow because they have been told it is the right way to live. Everyone exists for the greater good of mankind, and so everyone must toil for the sake of others, and be perpetually miserable so that no one is too miserable. Preference is not permitted to exist, because a man must love all his brothers and all things equally, and it is shameful to act and think alone. When someone is taught this, even if they feel something wrong with it, they use this idea to convince themselves that nothing is wrong, and that regard, the people have accepted their fate. This even appears in Equality for a period of time, particularly when he is given his occupation as Street Sweeper, "We knew that we had been guilty, but now we had a way to atone for it. We would accept our Life Mandate, and we would work for our brothers, gladly and willingly, and we would erase our sin against them, which they did not know, but we knew. So we were happy, and proud of ourselves and of our victory over ourselves."
To convince oneself to accept a fate of hardship and toil, and more so to accept it without question, requires some level of ignorance. The citizens of the city are kept unaware of what they don't have. This way they do not know it, and hence, cannot miss it, and hence, cannot seek it. They do not know about electricity, or mirrors, they do not know about the word "I." They have no concept of self, or of ego, the spirit of man. Even when Liberty, who is different from most women in the society, tries to express a feeling as strong as love, it's hard for her, simply due to that lack of "I, " and she instead must explain her own personal definition of the word "we." "... their words were halting, like the words of a child learning to speak for the first time: 'We are one... alone... and only... and we love you who are one... alone... and only.'" The people know the laws they have been given, and they follow them because they are told to do so by a council, and they believe the council is always right, because they have been taught so.
The level of ignorance that the people possess blinds them to a life they could be having, and blinds to the fact that they do not have to live in fear as they do. One could only live in fear for a few reasons; in this case it is quite simple. The fear comes, ultimately, from another kind of fear. The people of this city live in a fear of what could happen to them if they attempt at anything that is forbidden. They live in a fear of being punished for moving a step out of place. This fear is accepted because of that other fear, fear of change. There is, among the people, this inherent fear of what would happen to them if their lives were to change, and if the world as they know it were to crumble. It is the fear of change that allows the fear of punishment.
With the very little that people know and the very little they have been taught, they learn to live a collectivist life, even if they do not agree with it. They accept it so as not to cause a dispute, because it would be damaging for the people, and worse for the disputer. They live in ignorance of the possibility of any better life and therefore they lack the yearning and desire for that would cause them to go after it. Fear is the ultimate restraint to a society of potentially free men. People are afraid of change and consequences, and therefore are careful not to exhibit any sign of change or difference. This is how a person can live the way that these people live. This is how they go through every single day relatively sanely, even though they might cry for no apparent reason or scream, desperately, every night, for someone, somewhere, to help them.