Short Summary: United States Vs. Equality Society
Muntather Alsheeblawy
Mahler
English 2A
12 November 2015
United States vs. Equality Society “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but the only great WE, one, indivisible, and forever,” (Anthem 19). According to Equality’s Society, individuals have no identity of their own; they’re not allowed to think their lives as unique and self-guided. Individualism is better than collectivism because every individual has the right to direct to his own life, to own property, and to bear responsibility for his actions. Individualism is the idea that the individual's life belongs to him. Every individual has the right to direct his own life. Everyone gets to choose their own career, and who they want to be with. You are your own person …show more content…
Being part of a collective society, you must sacrifice your values and goals for the group.“ We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives, we exist, by our brothers, who are the state,” (Anthem 21). As Equality tells us here, in his society, no one has the purpose of living except Collective, the state. In this society, individuals have no identity of their own. There is no “I” (the word literally doesn’t exist) but only “the great WE”. The collectivist in equality’s society is nothing like United States where they can be individuals. The rulers of this society do not permit individuals to think freely; everyone must subordinate themselves to the state. No one has a personal name. Each individual is tagged with generalized concepts of collectivism such as Equality, International, Solidarity, and so on. Everyone is attached to this collectivist label because the state considers individuality as unreal; no person is unique and outstanding. Human beings are interchangeable parts of a greater whole. Individualism is better than collectivism because every person has the right to direct to his own life, to own property, and to bear responsibility to his own actions. As an individualist you are free and you can be who you want to be without sacrificing your own goals or interests; while being a collectivist, you can sacrifice your own being who you are to a group. It’s better to be an individualist because you can think freely without having anyone to tell you what you're labeled as who you
Mahler
English 2A
12 November 2015
United States vs. Equality Society “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but the only great WE, one, indivisible, and forever,” (Anthem 19). According to Equality’s Society, individuals have no identity of their own; they’re not allowed to think their lives as unique and self-guided. Individualism is better than collectivism because every individual has the right to direct to his own life, to own property, and to bear responsibility for his actions. Individualism is the idea that the individual's life belongs to him. Every individual has the right to direct his own life. Everyone gets to choose their own career, and who they want to be with. You are your own person …show more content…
Being part of a collective society, you must sacrifice your values and goals for the group.“ We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives, we exist, by our brothers, who are the state,” (Anthem 21). As Equality tells us here, in his society, no one has the purpose of living except Collective, the state. In this society, individuals have no identity of their own. There is no “I” (the word literally doesn’t exist) but only “the great WE”. The collectivist in equality’s society is nothing like United States where they can be individuals. The rulers of this society do not permit individuals to think freely; everyone must subordinate themselves to the state. No one has a personal name. Each individual is tagged with generalized concepts of collectivism such as Equality, International, Solidarity, and so on. Everyone is attached to this collectivist label because the state considers individuality as unreal; no person is unique and outstanding. Human beings are interchangeable parts of a greater whole. Individualism is better than collectivism because every person has the right to direct to his own life, to own property, and to bear responsibility to his own actions. As an individualist you are free and you can be who you want to be without sacrificing your own goals or interests; while being a collectivist, you can sacrifice your own being who you are to a group. It’s better to be an individualist because you can think freely without having anyone to tell you what you're labeled as who you