Why does collectivism cause war?

Power is the answer.

Through guilt, fear or force, those who seek power convince others to become "followers" of their cause. I wanted to use the term "idea" or "principle", but Ideas and principles are adopted by individuals of their own accord. Individuals use reason to judge ideas and either accept or reject them as truth. But, collectivists don't seek to allow reason and judgment. If you are a person of reason, how many times has someone called you "...too judgmental..." The collectivists seek to indoctrinate, not educate.

HOW MANY TIMES have you disagreed with the notion of Anthropogenic Global Warming and had a collectivist respond with "It is accepted science", or "My sources, who also agree with me, are professors at MIT..." ??? As if WHO believes it is more important than the ideas themselves. As if the argument can not stand on its own merit, point of fact, or evidence and, thus, must be bolstered by the "others" who believe it.

So, how does collectivism cause war? Us against them. This abandonment of reason, personal responsibility and accountability is the beginning of war. The left marches around telling us that they are anti-war, but you are your brothers' keeper, or else you aren't a good person (Jesus tells us so...). The "right" marches around telling us they are pro-life, but if you want to live your life married to another of the same sex, you aren't a good person (Jesus tells us so....). In this country, they are both collectivists, and anyone who values individual liberties is in awe of the implications.

The true war-mongers hide behind the majority. "Majority rule", if we all believe it, you must too. Now, we took a vote, and it looks like you won't be able to be married anymore. We all say so. Oh, majority rule: we all took a vote and we aren't coming back to work unless you give every one of us two more dollars, 5 minutes more on our break, and pay our union dues. Hey, we all took a vote and, as it turns out... oh wait, we didn't vote on this one, this was mandated by the people we put in power to make sure our collectivist butts were covered, but you are going to have to subject yourself to a strip search each time you want to get on an airplane... oh yeah, you are going to have to pay for that too. Yup, your taxes and ticket-price hired that really intelligent, thoughtful and kind customer service representative who's yelling "Take yo' shoes off! Put 'em in da tray! Don't walk fo'wad until you hear da beep!"

How do we prevent war at all cost? WE DON'T. As long as collectivists seek to control through majority power, guilt and fear, we will need to defend ourselves with force. We must protect individual liberties. The right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". We need to, once again, teach our children how to think and judge based on principles, and to no longer accept guilt, fear or force as the arbiters of right. We have a right to liberty, not security. If we, as individuals, want to give up the right to liberty in favor of security, each person should be allowed to do so, on his/her own terms. They should not have the power to infect or burden others with their fear, or enslave them under duress in order to quell those fears.

I could go on for hours, so I'm going to stop here. Have a great Thursday.

-j