The idea of an individual being the foundation of a society or system is the more modern and I will argue the enlightened position. It is also the harder one to keep from collapsing into anarchy.

The level of responsibility that is placed on each person in the enlightened society is more than a base, lazy or dim citizen can handle. Crooks, demagogues and just downright evil people see that weakness and exploit it.

They appeal to the base, lazy and dim at each ones vulnerable point. The leaders and the followers have no stomach for the hard work of an enlightened individual in a society of equals.

I call all of the variants neotribalism.

Passion divorced from reason leads to suffering, and Marx, Lenin, Stalin, etc. all caused tremendous suffering in the name of creating some kind of impossible utopia. Only social insects have achieved anything resembling the Marxist utopia.

The uniqueness of the individual human being, pursuing its own moral self-interest, is a part of Gold’s plan for humanity.
For Marxism to achieve any level of success (i.e., without a dictator) requires uniqueness to be replaced by standardization, individual self-interest replaced by the collective and God’s plan replaced by The State.

Were Marx alive today he’d likely be surprised he was taken this seriously.

Marx was appalled at the plight of the worker. He had a glorious and passionate vision for the future, but he really had no clue how to pull it off in any realistic way.

And the left has never figured it out since. All passion and form and thunder, no practical connection to reality.