You can try telling people "you don't have to be just sheep," but this is useless if the people don't believe they are sheep, or that there is anything wrong with being sheep. They will of course argue that sheep are lovely and intelligent animals, and what have you got against them! Try to tell the average person they should strive for power over their own lives, and they will tell you that power is one's ability to be happy - which they already have, thank you very much. Tell them they should seek freedom, and they will tell you that freedom is happiness - which they already have, thank you very much. In addition, they will inform you that they probably have more power and freedom than the "upper class", who are burdened with countless desires and social duties.
The herd cannot admit to their herdliness. They will not own-up to their pitiful pleasures. And because they refuse to look down at their own feet, they will not see themselves in their masters! Thus, for the working class to fight against the ruling class, in the name of "socialism", is to fight against themselves and promote their enemies.
The socialists and feminists are trying to impose a lifestyle on people which they do not want - and they are doing it in an extremely aggressive and dominant egotistical manner. History tells us there are no shortcuts. You cannot use dominance to break down a structure of dominance and submissiveness. A bad tree never produces good fruit. I would much rather you battled the pervasive submission to ignorance than the dominance of the ruling class. I would rather you faced the demons within your own self, before seeking an enemy without.