Originally Posted by Ag0niZEd

...sure. And just how does one manage to “innovate”, when he/she is struggling to remain within specific boundaries and norms of a given group mentality? Yes, indeed there is a lot of boisterous potential for innovation to be had from such a notion.[/sarcasm]


An individual, identifying with a group by a significant degree of his/her own volition, and then associating with that group by professing as a conscious being, implies potential for that individual to leave that group. Because in essence, the given individual would already be deviating from another group-psyche in order to embrace a sub-mentality.

Now, having a dependency on a group from the get-go, and having virtually no layer of individual view, especially one that challenges some fundamental pillars of the given group-psychology - existing just on that group mentality, can usually lead to anxiety with non-conformity, and an inability to separate from the given group. The is one of the primary reasons as to why typically contrived individuals from the cultures of developing regions, still lack the ability to actually assimilate different cultures into their core demeanour (a general view), because it goes against their stringent social conditioning in a culturally esoteric environment. That’s the state of their social evolution, where as the west surpassed that state quite a while ago, your so-called “norm” isn’t concrete doctrine, and actually allows most to deviate into their individual pockets, thus the diverse sub-cultures. Of course, there are basic civic codes, etc., but the general protocol over personal style and conduct, is largely individual.


…right on. The world is a good spectrum for observing this social evolution, because you still have societies that mass-produce these lower social animals.