why do so many people have so much difficulty in confusing maturity with conformity?

i suspect it's a lack of maturity, actually.

but there's a lot of pressures coming down from the top, too.

i don't really want to come down particularly hard on conformists, whether it's genuine or strategic. i recognize the value of conformity as a survival tactic. i always have...

...but let's not confuse that with maturity. k?