Allegiance and Loyalty to Totaltarian Society in The Anthem by Ayn Rand

Totalitarian societies include government control over every part of life of the people in that society. The government often has a ruler who is a dictator and has absolute control over the public and private life of the citizens. The leaders of these societies, both real and fictionalized, enforce the rule that children have to live apart from their families because they want loyalty and allegiance to the government, collectivism among the people, and the practice of eugenics. Allegiance to the government is the most important factor in totalitarian societies because it helps dictatorial leaders manipulate the people of the society. Collectivism helps by eliminating any differences in the population, thus making it easier to control. Lastly eugenics provides an allowance for a better race of the human population, which eliminates any of the negative or unwanted genes from the gene pool. By separating children from their parents, all of the above actions are possible and easier to perform.

The most important factor of successful totalitarian societies is the loyalty and allegiance to the government and/or the leader of the society. The government creates an atmosphere, which convinces people that everything is normal and the government is always right to receive their loyalty and respect. After loyalty is achieved, it is easy to manipulate the people. In Anthem there are many transgressions, which no member of the society must commit. Most of the members of that society stay loyal to the government, except Equality 7-2521. Even though this happens in the beginning it has been presented that the children are separated from their biological parents and lead a life of their own under the care of the government. This proves to be us...

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...sults in greater control and authority of the government or leader of a totalitarian society.

The outcomes of government and leader dictatorship in totalitarian societies such as allegiance to the government, collectivism among the people, and the practice of eugenics encourage different living arrangement in those societies. Dictatorial leaders favor the separation of children from their parents and families because it becomes easier to do all of the things mentioned before. Loyalty and allegiance to the government lets the government manipulate the society. Collectivism eliminates any differences among the citizens of the society and separation of children from their families allows that to happen even more further. Lastly, the separation of people helps the government practice the act of eugenics and create a better, or worse, human race if they desire to do so.