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Collectivism
The political system based upon
government control of all key cultural and economic institutions.
Under collectivism, the well being of the collective, the group, is
considered more important than the individual who must sacrifice his
self-interest to that of the group. Common terms for collectivist
systems include communism, fascism and welfare-statism. A tribe is
often considered to be a primitive form of collectivism
