This comment right there is why I will always believe that people will trade convenience over freedom the first chance they get. I've somewhat made my peace wit

This comment right there is why I will always believe that people will trade convenience over freedom the first chance they get. I've somewhat made my peace with it, because I don't even know if it really matters anymore. If you, as an individual, really wanna be free and make real choices, you'll have to be willing to be a loner, and risk being considered by the groupthink a "counterculture weirdo", as this comment put it. Otherwise your choices are dictated by those who belong. You may screams your lungs out about all the dangers of going left and all the benefits of going right, if your social circle says it's left, it's going to be left. Better get comfortable with that reality and plan accordingly.