From birth every human being struggles to separate from his or her mother and INDIVIDUATE as a unique and free individual.
Collectivism is antithetical to human nature.
A political system based on collectivism has no choice but to be brutally repressive because so many of its citizens yearn for freedom.
This has happened over and over and over again... and yet many of our fellow Americans have fallen prey to the siren's song of forced equality of outcomes.
Communism might not have kings... but it did produce Stalin, Mao, Fidel, et al.