It’s fascinating to see the ways in which our society enforces individualism by using social pressure and conformity, which seems paradoxical on its face. I’ve seen it in the pressure from teachers on kids and parents for them to “stop wearing a mask so you’ll fit in” 1/
Wearing a mask is an act of service to the people around us and a way to be accountable to our commitments by ensuring we can attend and learn. It shows that we think about how we impact others and they impact us. People with these traits often make good friends
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Conscientious people help their communities and model good ways of relating to others. We want these folks around and influencing others, rather than changing how they act and what they do. We wouldn’t discourage this unless we lived in a society that doesn’t value community.
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Enforcing conformity also ensures that people aren’t exposed to difference or are able to understand how people have different challenges or experiences, so that when someone has a problem that we don’t have, we don’t feel empathy towards them.
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