I think I get your point, and I do respect it. An individual needs more than just “pluck” (or grit or courage or determination) to prosper - typically you also need luck (although inherited wealth and privilege can substitute for either one) and in the Real World™ collective action is stronger than individual action. No argument!
Nonetheless it seems to me that being openly dismissive of “the myth of the plucky individualist” makes the job of convincing an American worker to change their view of unions a lot harder. Trying to be individually capable and determined does have many payoffs, even though by itself it’s not enough for conventional success, so it seems to me that this mindset is something to work around, rather than something to take head on.
Am I making any sense? I’m a lousy writer. I’m completely agreeing with you about what needs changing, but I think @singletona082 intended the thread to be primarily about developing effective strategy (rather than about presenting a cleanly structured, rational argument) so I’m disagreeing with you about what memes need to be countered first in order to make the biggest impact.
Unfortunately, as I said before, although I personally am reasonably good at spreading truth to individual humans, I’m pretty bad at convincing groups or crowds to change their minds.
