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So severe is the cultural homogeneity in the information age that it's made me ponder if simulation theory is correct. So many people act like exact clones of so many others. I can't count the amount of deja vus I've had just observing people. To have so many people act the same makes me feel like their behavior is planned and deterministic. It's almost like different subcultures are actually different AI types in the simulation and that's why people within certain subcultures act so similar across the board. I'm not saying I believe this, but it's crossed my mind.

BohemianRhapsody said: 

Mass media of all kinds is creating various forms of collective zealotry, and most people don't even realize they're zealots.

Not even you. 

The most glaring example is the far left. But there's obviously evidence of it in the right as well, particularly the alt right and certain religious sects of it.

Both sides use remarkably similar strategies, just under differing labels. 

It's the people steering them that mean anything. 

And then I just see it culturally; little niches of people that are damn near clones of everybody in that niche... you see it in almost every internet subculture.

Subcultures are fragments of identity that we're meant to collage together into a cohesive sense of self. 

I don't know why I don't end up copying everybody else, but it seems like a lot of people just can't help being a clone of everybody else.

You do, we all do. 

We're just borrowing from the world, only a few people truly put their signature on it in any meaningful way. 

It's also hard to have a conversation with such people because their ideas are pre set to that of the collective and any deviation must be rejected

It's hard at times to not see you like this, your views are typically preceding your ability to bridge with other people's, loudly. 

Have you ever tried defending views you don't believe in? It's both eye opening and good practice (it also helps for developing a stronger sense of irony). 

should they choose to adopt such ideas no matter how rational, they will be thrown out of their respective subculture.

Much like your case, it's not often about a sense of risk of expulsion from others, but rather it going against their self-concept. It's easier to reinvent what they must have meant or how you must have responded to it than it is to challenge deeply embedded and reinforced views that are passively taken for granted. 

Try to not be yourself and you might see where others are coming from. Put yourself in their shoes, not your characterized sketch of them. 

I personally hate subcultures. It's just a collectivist personality box. People would have a lot more useful things to say if they embraced individuality rather than just copying a subculture for social clout and validation.

You just hate the idea of it, all hipsters do. 

You see the world through archetypes and genres, like you do with music, but you don't go deeper while claiming to be "above it".