In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, a society is built on the ideology of “Brotherhood” and togetherness. One man, Equality, defies this ideology and threatens the “perfect” society built by the councilmen. When Equality discovers the word “I”, he explains the word “‘we’ must never be spoken, save by one’s choice and as a second thought”. Rand, with this quote, wants one to understand the collectively as a group is harmful and restricts one’s freedom.

The communist society is unequal and suppresses one’s freedom. While the people are brainwashed to believe everyone is “equal”, there are still those with higher power and control. In the community the council is the “voice of all men”. Even though the community is thought to be equal, the council …show more content…
In Eastern Europe during the 80s, they “failed to develop new technologies and [to adapt] more efficient processes”. Instead of using more advance technology like the rest of the world, they “[remained] with obsolete methods”. Eastern Europe fell behind and slowed down compared to the rest of society. Technological advances in the late 20th century were not found in “any communist countries” yet “all in the USA”. Eastern Europe was less advance and their communist ways caused them to fail to grow and expand. The lack of new inventions threatened the economy because they had little to sell or share with the rest of the world because the world used methods that were far more advanced in communist countries. The use of the belief of complete equality has held countries such as the ones in Eastern Europe back in major advances leading to failure. Communism “discourages creativity”, which results in lack of innovations. The lack of creativity does not challenge one to create and search for new inventions and advances. The inability to be creative threatened the development of countries and had “high risks of failure”. The communist countries are harmful not only in Anthem, but in the larger world due to its severe