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It may seem paradoxical that a philosophy of radical individualism would lead to radical statism. But disconnected, isolated individuals are actually the most vulnerable to totalitarian control because they have no competing identity or loyalties.

—Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
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