Personally I find this mode of argument, where someone talks about a collective action problem and then someone else replies “well why don’t you do it then” dis

Personally I find this mode of argument, where someone talks about a collective action problem and then someone else replies “well why don’t you do it then” distracting and unhelpful. Collective action problems, by definition, cannot be solved by individual actions. We must first discuss the problem and reach agreement. Pretending that collective actions can be solved by individual action seems to me only to be a tactic to defeat the efforts of those seeking collective change. I should note you never commented on the merits of free university for all. You’ve diverted the conversation in to one about individuals, successfully avoiding addressing the key point I was making.