"Why Some Chaos is Necessary in Society"

Recently, I have been looking around myself, both at school and in the general public, and seeing people always trying to fit in and meet the mold. I feel this action weakens society, by everybody acting the same and eventually possibly thinking the same. I think it is time we break out of this shallow and meaningless act and start acting like ourselves. I am not calling us to be become anarchists, but rather to become individuals in a society who can each contribute different things, rather than always being followers to a declining society.

Apparently, I am not the only person who thinks so. World wide there have been events that have been seen as jokes, parodies, or meaningless and non-sensible acts while in fact they make much more sense than are given credit. Flash mobs, groups who come together and do some straneg or abstract thing then disappear; the entire Yippie movement was an example; random parades, such as St. Stupid Day Parade. These are all examples of what I am talking about.

St. Stupid Day Parade is the perfect example. Defined on Wikipedia as a joke parade, it says how "It isn't that people stopped being stupid; far from it. In fact, the fear of stupidity became so great that people went to remarkably stupid lengths to disguise it." It isn't even that "stupidity" is frowned upon in our society: it is discouraged. In my opinion, that is a problem. Rather than do something stupid and learn from it, we follow rules that keep us safe without ever truly experiencing whatever stupid thing it is. In some cases these make sense, like "don't pet the man-eating shark: he does not want to be your friend". However, in other cases these are experiences we draw on, like falling while riding a bike. This kind of thing must be experienced, not told.

My other problem is with the need to fit into society. People will go out of their way to do things that make them change who they are to fit in. That is wrong. Society is not a label we have to fit: society is a conglomerate of all of us, and of all our differences. I believe that if we are going to change the society we live in for the better, we must start now.