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Conformism

Name(s):

Dependence on conformism

Conformists

Nature

Conformism is anti-individualist, reduces variety in living, and tends to follow established patterns. Conformism may occur within an ethnic or other social group, reinforcing prejudices and conflict with other groups. It may occur on a national level and may involve forced assimilation and lack of cultural integration of ethnic groups, leading to a loss of cultural heritage.

Broader

Anti-intellectualism

Narrower

Political monoculture

Excessive standardization

Discriminatory unwritten codes of behaviour

Reduces

Political unfitness

Unbridled individualism

Aggravates

Hypocrisy ^{[in 4 loops]}

Conservatism ^{[in 1 loop]}

Forced assimilation ^{[in 15 loops]}

Lack of individualism ^{[in 3 loops]}

Loss of cultural diversity

Lack of variety of social life forms

Threatened and vulnerable minorities ^{[in 3 loops]}

Inadequate sense of personal identity

Underprivileged ideological minorities ^{[in 2 loops]}

Forced participation in social processes

Aggravated by

Totalitarian democracy

Dictatorship of the majority

Biased government information

Forced participation in politics

Negative influence of peer groups

Repression of intellectual dissidents

Reduced by

Strategy(ies)

Value(s)

Reference(s)

Jones, Stephen R: The Economics of Conformism

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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