atives worked together in a group. They have to put in all their resources including their properties, animals, and crops to produce agricultural products. By the end of 1955, 2/3 of the peasant joined. Mao wanted to take it to a next step. He wanted to move to "collectives" which is an even bigger pool of workers and resources pull together. Literally thousands of families pulled together to form large collectives. Since everyone has to pour in all their resources, there won't be private property. Mao wanted to get rid of private properties. That is one big mistake that any government should avoid. Many philosophers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbs, and David Hume, have proven that a society needs private property in order to function. Imagine a world without private property. Who would want to make an effort to go and build a house when they finish building the house, someone can come and claim it for their own. That's exactly what's going on. People are working day and night in the collec
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