'Totalitarian Government In Ayn Rand's Anthem'

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Imagine living in a future, totalitarian society. Everyone following a uniform schedule, being treated the same way, following orderly assignments, and having no freedoms. This is how a very intelligent man witnessed most of his life. Ayn rand’s novella of Anthem is a story based on the life of a citizen named, Equality 7-2521 trying to find his own sacred freedom in a strict, orderly society. Equality and his brothers lived under a totalitarian government with brutal rules and controls they must follow or face punishment. Specific Rules that Equality experienced included treating all citizens the same, living for eachother, not being able to have an intelligent mind, or even thinking above local brothers. Why is this totalitarian government
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