You can either have individual liberty, or dependence on the government. One is designed to undo the other.

Socialists and Progressives confuse compassion and compulsion.

Defy the central planners. Upend their designs for your life. Be a staunch individualist. Stand on your rights.

A "centrally planned economy" by definition discourages and despises participation by the masses. It's a bureaucratic oligarchy.

Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.

There are those that want "freedom" from individual responsibility. Then there are those that want individual "liberty." I choose the latter. I am a Libertarian