When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals.
Ayn RandWe are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.
Ayn RandCapitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.
Ayn Rand