conformity part 2

I also think that it is important to know when to conform and when to be independent.  Its not that we need to have a balance or anything, if everyone were independent, then we wouldnt call it independence, we would call it conformity, so the only way you have conformity and independence and individualism is through people following a social stature and others not following, there you have conformers and individuals.  If everyone did not follow the social stature, then that would be conformity in itself.  So the only way we would be here talking about conformity is if there were people who followed and are influenced by social pressure.  Also if everyone was an individual then we would have anarchy and chaos because everyone would fend for themselves, look in your everyday life, you are being a conformer, coming to school today, people are conforming to the pressure of having to go to school.  Conformity is necessary for order and as well as for effective leadership, the best leaders are not the ones that are forceful and independent, the best leaders are the ones who recognize when its time to be a follower and when its time to be forceful and assertive.