Joseph Campbell states that it's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. He adds that in thinking, the majority is always wrong.
Do you remember Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt? The last line is "I have never done the thing that I wanted to do in all my life."
You may have a success in life, but then just think of it....what kind of life was it? What good was it if you've never done the thing you wanted to do in all your life? We are all told what to do, every bit of the time, but what do you want? What if you were to live your own life, not the one that you think is expected of you?
