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Collective (n.) power ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(n.) is not recent and not housed in Church and State: the suppressive force lies in ourselves, in our own barbarian collective mentality, to which every individual development is hateful.

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The Collective (n.) forces ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠turn a gentle being into a savage beast — but nothing could explode in us if it had not been there already.

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The Collective (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠solve its problems by legislation or tricks — only by a general change of attitude, which begins with a change in individuals.

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Collective (n.) runs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠so deep in mankind that the individual is only a slight variant; so any fight we wage outside is also a battle within ourselves, and great solutions start there.

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Collective (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠individuation are opposed destinies bound together by guilt: one buys the right to individuate with equivalent work for society, and only a few can pay.