A lot of what the society in Anthem is based on is Ayn Rand’s philosophy of collectivism. "Collectivism," Ayn Rand notes, "means the subjugation of the individual to the group — whether to a race, class or state does not matter." A person under these conditions is not regarded as an individual with a life of his or her own, but as a piece of a group whose purpose is to serve that group. “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great