" ...the social conscience completely dominates the individual conscience, instead of striking a balance with it. We don't cooperate--we obey.

We fear being outcast, being called lazy, dysfunctional, egoizing. We fear ur neighbor's opinion more than we respect our own freedom of choice.
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We force a man outside the sphere of our approval, and then condemn him for it. We've made laws, laws of conventional behavior, built walls all around ourselves, and we can't see them, because they're part of our thinking. "

― Ursula K. Le Guin