When a gunman opened fire at Charlie Kirk, many voices rushed to scold conservatives for “blaming the left.” They wanted to blur the lines, to insist that “both sides” are the same. That is a lie, and it must be named.
The American right, at its core, is about individualism. The freedom to think, to speak, to build, to worship, to defend one’s home and one’s future. The left, by contrast, is about collectivism. Its survival depends on conformity. The left tolerates no deviation, no dissent. It operates like the Borg: a hive where individual thought is sacrificed on the altar of the cause.
Here is the trap: the collectivist demands that the individualist behave as a lone wolf. “Stand apart,” they say, “don’t generalize, don’t organize, don’t resist.” That is how the collective wins. One man at a time. One voice silenced at a time. One target isolated and destroyed while the swarm advances.
We Are Not The Same
But this is where the left misunderstands the right. We do not dissolve into a hive mind, but neither do we fight alone. Free men and women cooperate. Cooperation is not collectivism—it is the deliberate choice of individuals to stand shoulder to shoulder while retaining their freedom of mind and soul. This is how we built families, churches, militias, and ultimately a nation.
We are identifying the source of evil, not creating a mirror image of it.
So when we “blame the left,” we are not blaming random individuals. We are naming the ideology that binds them into a machine of obedience—a machine that justifies violence, censorship, and intimidation. We are identifying the source of evil, not creating a mirror image of it.
Resistance to collectivism is not futile. In fact, it is inevitable. The collective crushes creativity, smothers truth, and demands submission. The cooperative multiplies strength without erasing freedom. The collective is a cage; the cooperative is a covenant.
America was not founded by a collective. It was founded by individuals who cooperated—farmers, printers, blacksmiths, and lawyers—each keeping his identity, yet joining in a cause larger than himself. That is why we will prevail. Not as drones in a hive, but as free men in a brotherhood.
We are the cooperative. And we will not be conquered.
