In today 's society, the balance between individualism and conformity to society 's expectations is a prominent and deceptive conflict. Oftentimes, the individual must put his uniqness aside and settle for a view of an occupation, hobby, or idea that society agrees with. Instead of expressing original and creative ideas, they are held hostage by comparing themselves with the lives and accomplishments of others and the standards their our society. One of the biggest tools of society, social media, allows people to to share ideas and interests with everyone. However, naturally, one will only post what he knows others will accept and enjoy just as he does. This, in turn, does the opposite of what social media was intended to do. Instead of allowing expression of unaltered and original ideas, it is a platform of suppressed individualism which only encourages mainstream concepts. Conformity is seen everywhere, society demands it, encourages it. Social Media, News Broadcasters, and the FCC are all examples of underlying ways the top one percent can monitor and manipulate the ways people live their lives. The amount to which others influence our actions isn’t natural and healthy. Many people don 't realize it because it doesn 't come to mind very often, but everyone is controlled by the people around them. There are very few people who will make statements or present ideas that they know they will get immediate social backlash for. It just doesn 't make sense, there isn’t