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To be honest, I suspect a lot of those folks, and I include myself here, were anti-collectivists first.
In my own mind, the emotive rule "I might follow, but I must never obey" is built over a long childhood war and an eventual hard-fought and somewhat Pyrrhic victory. I know it's reversed stupidity, but it's hard to let go.
What good rationalist techniques are there for changing such things?
Stating that you are not obeying and that you are take a particular course of action because it is a good idea seems to work/help some people.
Realize that the anti-collectivist pull is an explotable weakness it leaves you vulnerable to people who are perceptive and want to harm you. Some would say that you should just avoid getting people to want to harm you, however a consequence is that you would have to avoid standing up to people who harm the world, people you care for and some time yourself.