[muir_redwoods]

Statists and other authoritarians fear personal power because it makes the individual less dependent upon the state. They favor confiscatory taxes because personal wealth is power. They dislike home schooloing because the ability to instill personal values in children is a way to avoid the culture of statism.

Obviously they opppose guns in private hands because the ability to defend oneself and even overthrough the government is contrary to their aims. They seek powerless pawns to rule.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Statists love humanity but hate mankind.

[esopman]

Precisely. It is all about the Nitzschean Wille-zur-Macht of the leftist elites. Politicians love unarmed peasants.

[NatureGirl]

Statists and other authoritarians fear personal power
Statists love humanity but hate mankind.

Well-spoken! These thoughts are at the very core of things that are happening today.

You could also point out that statists (and leftists of all stripes) hate themselves as well.