>>Because all of 310+ million are not in this together. We, as individuals, all have our own dreams, ambitions, interests, and goals. And as a society you have

>>Because all of 310+ million are not in this together. We, as individuals, all have our own dreams, ambitions, interests, and goals. And as a society you have roads, schools, hospitals, public safety, public health etc. Acknowledging common interests in public goods and following through on the implications of that acknowledgment is not the road to Stalinism that you seem to think it is. Life is not an XOR gate.