collectivists
Community-over-individual advocates
Collectivists are people who prioritize group welfare over individual interests, or who advocate for collective ownership and decision-making.
The term appears in political and economic debates, often as a label applied by opponents: The senator dismissed the proposal as the work of collectivists.
In psychology, collectivists are people from cultures that emphasize group harmony and interdependence over personal autonomy.
Member-owned collective enterprises
- worker-ownedBelonging to the workforce
- communesShared-living communities
- collectivesGroups acting unitedly
- consensusGeneral group agreement
assemblies · councils · shared ownership · profit-sharing · credit unions · housing cooperatives · guilds · partnerships
Advocates of shared ownership
- communistsCollective ownership advocates
- MarxistsAdherents of communist theory
- leftistsPolitical progressives collectively
- MaoistsFollowers of Chinese communist ideology
Leninists · progressives · egalitarians · statists · syndicalists · mutualists · communitarians · social democrats
Shared sense of belonging
- conformityAdherence to norms
- social harmonyPeaceful coexistence among people
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- face-savingProtecting one's dignity
filial piety · deference · sacrifice · loyalty · obedience · tradition · modesty · cooperation
Groups with collective ownership
- tribal communitiesSocieties organized by kinship
- village councilsRural community governing groups
- indigenous groupsOriginal inhabitants of territory
- extended familiesRelatives beyond parents and siblings
group harmony · interdependence · social cohesion · reciprocity · mutual aid · belonging
cooperatives
Member-owned collective enterprises
- worker-ownedBelonging to the workforce
- communesShared-living communities
- collectivesGroups acting unitedly
consensus · assemblies · councils · shared ownership · profit-sharing · credit unions · housing cooperatives · guilds · partnerships · team-based
socialists
Advocates of shared ownership
- communistsCollective ownership advocates
- MarxistsAdherents of communist theory
- leftistsPolitical progressives collectively
Maoists · Leninists · progressives · egalitarians · statists · syndicalists · mutualists · communitarians · social democrats · unionists
group identity
Shared sense of belonging
- conformityAdherence to norms
- social harmonyPeaceful coexistence among people
- obligationRequired task or commitment
face-saving · filial piety · deference · sacrifice · loyalty · obedience · tradition · modesty · cooperation
communal societies
Groups with collective ownership
- tribal communitiesSocieties organized by kinship
- village councilsRural community governing groups
- indigenous groupsOriginal inhabitants of territory
extended families · group harmony · interdependence · social cohesion · reciprocity · mutual aid · belonging
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
- AnarchistsGoldman, Emma Goldman, mutualists, individualists, syndicalists
- Political Factionsconservatives, Republicans, right wing, far right, hard right
- Russian RevolutionRussian Revolution, February Revolution, Bolsheviks, October Revolution, Lenin
- SocialistsKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky
- Utopiansutopians, idealists, visionaries, dreamers, communitarians
collectivistsindividualists
Those prioritizing personal independence
libertarians · anarcho-capitalists · objectivists · egoists · atomists
collectivistscapitalists
Owners of productive wealth
privatizers · neoliberals · anti-communists · deregulators · entrepreneurs