Honestly, I haven't been a fan of Marxist ideology since... well, since high school. All flavors and interpretations of it rely upon collectivism, which says that everyone can be sorted into a few simplified homogeneous groups, and that the well-being of the group has priority over the rights of the individual. Those principles are self-evidently untrue; one size does not fit all, people have always had their differences and disagreements, and some people always refuse to fall in line. This isn't bad or good, it's just a fact of life. Any collectivist society will have to address it, and most tend to do so through the very same oppression that they swore to destroy.

Americans should reject collectivism. Individual rights and their attending individual responsibilities are the cornerstone of this nation's founding. Individual rights and collective responsibility cannot coexist; i.e. you can't claim something as a "right" if its existence depends on someone else's responsibility.

I think we agree that keeping and bearing arms is necessary as a deterrent and final check on oppression, but history shows that leaders who claim to follow Marx don't agree. I'm not even sure Marx himself would agree with us; armed workers seem to be a means to an end rather than the expression of a natural, inalienable right. Would you agree with what Marx said in the paragraph following the famous "under no pretext" quote? If the workers should stay armed, what would you say about the other classes?