Arguments Against Conformity

Why is it that conformity is so looked down on? These days, everyone is striving to be an individual and original. The irony is, with everyone trying to be different from everyone else, that is conformity in itself. With that being said, conformity must be pretty great, right? Right! Living as a conformist is the best way to live because people wouldn’t have the fight to fit in, life would be simplified, and there would be fewer laws and governmental control. A huge benefit to conformity is that there would be less bullying. It is a huge problem today. Why you may ask? Bullying is a huge problem because people are different than the normal standard and just don’t belong. Conformity should be taught to children at a young age to save them

First and foremost, if everyone was alike and stayed that way, there would never be a rebellion against anything. When you have people who just insist on being so different, they argue that it is their right to have laws that fit them like everyone else. This causes the government to waste time making laws for those people, instead of working on bigger issues. Individuals start breaking out into smaller and smaller groups, and in seconds you have a million different people with a million different needs, and it is just too much to deal with. The United States Code book set is made up of 51 titles and around 23,000 pages filled with laws. There are so many that most American’s commit a crime and aren’t even aware. The people who conform would have more freedom because the government would not be monitoring them every second. Since everyone is alike, everyone needs the same laws. The more people conform, the fewer laws there

When someone says be an individual, it is encouraging people to go against the standards. This causes problems, and eventually a rebellion will break out. Conformity will keep things under control and in order like they should be. Individualist claim that they need to “express themselves”. It is completely overrated. There is absolutely nobody who is really the exact opposite of everyone else. The actor Robin Williams in The Dead Poets Society states, “Now, I want you to find your own walk right now. Your own way of striding, pacing. Any direction. Anything you want. Whether it's proud, whether it's silly, anything. Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours” (Weir). It is just a movie, but it portrayed a way of thinking to those who watched it. He is setting them up for a hard life and failure. People who support individuality think that if people are different, they call for different products and opportunities. They say this could expand the economy because a wide range of products could be produced for the people that need them. However, if there are so many different things, not needed by a super huge amount of people, then really the economy isn’t going to benefit at all. If we all use the same products then they will be mass produced and always bought, so it helps the economy. Individualist hurt the economy by putting their jobs at risk. The school investigated Mr. Keating after Neil’s