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In the article The Desire To FIt in is the Root of All Wrongdoing by Christopher Freiman, the theme of fitting in, and how it's wrong is presented by a man who figured out people will do what you tell them if they feel lesser than you. All throughout the history we see mankind do wrongful acts but, why do we? Well, many people would say that the reason people do cruel things for others isn't because we “we care to little about others; it's that we care too much. To be more specific we care too much about how other view us, even if it means doing the wrong thing. The person doing wrong actions due to pressure in society is just as guilty as the person making them feel obligated. The reason people are willing to do this is because they “don't

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