individual must be sacrificed if necessary, for, and this is the phrase that you have heard so many times, "for the greater good of the greater number." Basically, the collectivist believes that the individual is not responsible for his own welfare, that it is the responsibility of the group to take care of him. That means, of course, the State. individual is the most important element in society, and that any doctrine which ignores the individual's rights is a false doctrine. The individualist also believes in doing ae c 1 wos a . wad things for himself, in having as little government as possible, so that the individual is responsible for himself, his family and his loved ones. re a 4 1 cle If we were just facing the philosophy of Marxism, then we could easily defeat it with the philosophy of freedom. If we were just fighting against the concept of Collectivism, we could easily defeat it with the superior ideology of Individualism. But that's not what we are facing. We're facing the combination of ideology and organization. We're facing a well-disciplined literally worldwide army of people who have leaders, follow directions, take orders, and work in unison to accomplish targeted goals. The only way that ° we who want to tae preserve our freedom can oppose that, and defeat it, is not only with just a superior ideology of individualism, but we must also have a superior, or at least an equally efficient organization to oppose their organization.* This understanding of the basic nature of the struggle between Collectivism and Individualism easily enabled members of the JBS to identify the enemies of freedom. These enemies always work for more government, less 170 The Secret Side of History The individualist, on the other hand, believes that the