[Thane_Banquo]

While it may once have existed in the sociological sense of the term (you could talk about people in certain kinds of work with certain levels of income and certain conditions of life), it never existed in the way Marx wanted: the “workers” never thought of themselves that way. They never had “class consciousness” that would enable them to advance their “class interests.”

Human beings, by and large, see themselves as individuals. This is because they are individuals, having been created by God to be unique individuals. This is the problem with collectivism: It doesn't have anything to do with human nature.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“This is the problem with collectivism: It doesn’t have anything to do with human nature. “

Collectivism has two main groups of supporters. Those who are envious and resentful of others and want to diminish those they resent, and those who see themselves as leading the collective.