Collectivism, Frank Chodorov

“Collectivism is more than an idea. In itself, an idea is nothing but a toy of speculation, a mental idol. Since, as the myth holds, the suprapersonal Society is replete with possibilities, the profitable thing to do is to put the myth to work, to energize its virtue. The instrument at hand is the State, throbbing with political energy and quite willing to expend it on this glorious adventure. Thus comes Statism, or the worship of political power.”
(Introduction)

From:From “The Rise and Fall of Society”
Frank Chodorov.
Published by Devin – Adair 1959