The societies that have subcultures of weirdos seem to be those that are both highly normative and economically prosperous
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Like the US, or Japan
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Those who cannot or will not conform fall into the margins of society, where they seek to regain an identity of their own
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In a poorer world, conforming is seen as less arbitrary: as the only path to prosperity, it gives you a purpose. It's not optional
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I'm curious. What experience or research have you done that substantiates this?...
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I say this because it's easy to paint poorer countries uniformly and disregard that they too consist of the full range of social classes
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Well, as you mentioned, these things are privileges of the middle class of he developed world...
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...making these assumptions about less-developed countries suggests that they do not possess similar social classes
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It looks like you are heavily projecting onto my tweets all sorts of things you want to read but aren't there
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Haha. Not really. I just find your assumptions contrary to my actual experiences as a middle class Nigerian...
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...who's been had amazing experiences by virtue of my non-conformist tendencies
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