Here’s why Marxism/collectivism so often ends in tyranny—and why that same logic reaches into everyday life right now.

In this video, Clifford Ribner explains how elevating “the collective” above the person leads to coercion and to the silencing of dissent. He connects Robespierre’s language of “virtue and terror” to Karl Marx’s stated aims—and then to modern left politics. The talk opens and closes with brief reflections honoring Charlie Kirk.

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Watch to learn, in plain English:

• What Cliff means by collectivism (as used here: Marxism/socialism) and how it differs from individual liberty
• How Robespierre’s Principles of Political Morality frames terror as a tool of revolution
• What Marx says about abolishing “bourgeois” freedom and property—and why that matters
• Why systems built on “the collective” tend to criminalize or suppress dissent
• How combining rulemaking, enforcement, and adjudication in the same hands creates the conditions for tyranny
• The American alternative: rights from God, separation of powers, and written limits (Article I §§1, 7, 8; Article V)
• A modern example of federal reach: Wickard v. Filburn (1942) and its legacy
• Practical signals to watch for when speech and conscience come under pressure today

If you care about the Constitution, individual liberty, faith, and open debate, this one is for you.

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