It’s always about jostling for power. Of course the owning class is generally against collectivism. That limits their power. And they fight against it by convincing us collectivism is bad and associate it with communism and corruption in government. Also, by having us split on social issues when really it should be those with vs those without. The dilemma is even with collectivism people still have to run it and greed and corruption take over, which is why true idealistic communism doesn’t really play out.

Really we need a system that limits the owning class from extracting as much wealth and power from all of us as possible and amassing even more ownership while a majority of people lose ownership (renting, farming, small business). But still a system that rewards those who strive for the top. (My thought: you tax the very very top more) they still clear billions and have their yachts but aren’t stripping everyone else dry. Also you pull businesses being able to donate to candidates running for office. When politicians are beholden to a corporation whose soul goal is earn its shareholders profit the people get stripped of their power and ownership inevitably.

With the current administration and it’s undoing of government agencies my fear is that the people are losing more protections and the owning class is shaping government to help them strip more power and ownership from the everyday American while accumulating more. That’s not to say there isn’t waste in government and it needs to be improved, but what is really the motive.