Leftism is really all about creating an ersatz, synthetic, manufactured “culture” by making associations INvoluntary, isn’t it? It is moving backwards in the name of moving forward.
In that Tocqueville bit I quoted in the previous post, they noted that “voluntary associations” were illegal for quite some time in France, as potentially or actually dangerous to the State.
And of course I, and others, have commented often about the political benefits accruing from preventing social gatherings of any size for a sustained period of time.