Ayn Rand wrote, “Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.”
She nailed it.
Because I am a therapist, people always ask me: “What is self-esteem?”
In part, self-esteem refers to the attitude that you have a right to your OWN life, and to live for your OWN sake.
In line with Rand’s quote, socialism (which is tyranny) is incompatible with self-esteem.
In short: Freedom (economic and otherwise) is the mental oxygen you breathe. Your self-esteem will choke under socialism. And if you possess any self-esteem at all, you could never support socialism.