Considering that the diversity of values and opinions is in great measure what makes humanity the evolutionarily superior race, what is the merit of solidarity, standardization, consensus, and other forms of conformity?
As neither communication nor collaboration requires compatibility of opinions (so long as the ends are held in common, the difference in motivations is essentially irrelevant), why do people (and more broadly, why does society) manufacture consensus, promote standardization, and all but require solidarity?
Why is conformity indoctrinated from childhood as the greater good, if it has no intrinsic function besides preserving the illusion of societal unity, and endangers the diverse plethora of individual opinions that has made humanity so innovative, creative, and richly cultured? Conformity seems to me to be backwards thinking, and reeks of an ignorance not so different than that of the dark ages.
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