Collective and Collaborative

'Collect' connotes 'receiving', often of money, and, hence, passivity. Now, the Pluralism that Marx prescribes, as the immediate remedy for the de-humanization of a worker, is active, i. e. the locus of which is productive processes. Thus, 'collaborative' more accurately characterizes that Plurality than does 'collective'. Hence, the 'Collectivism' that some contemporary Capitalists, e. g. Rand, opposes to their 'Individualism', is to be found not in Das Kapital, but in Wealth of Nations, which, as its title indicates, promotes a source of Pluralist passive pleasure.