Question

The tendency of human beings to copy one another is shown in the popularity of fashion in clothes and consumer goods. to what extent do you agree and disagree?

Answer 1

There is certainly a tendency to copy fashion, clothing and consumer goods. In this way, a person feels that he belongs to a majority, belongs to a trend, then that person is "in" or "cool", giving a certain sense of security and affiliation. This is more pronounced in the younger population, with the feeling that identification and belonging to the group are important for gaining self-confidence, self-expression, but also a way to measure to what extent they belong there in the process of self-determination. This copying extends to an extent that does not jeopardize self-determination, as young people have a tendency to individualize themselves and find a form for personal accomplishment. In some older generations, this tendency exists to a lesser degree, perhaps the most in the domain of consumer goods. This is because some older people are already formed people, they have built their attitudes, image, style, but there is always a tendency to copy consumer goods as a sign of belonging to a particular class. Of course, they also have copying when fashion and clothes are concerned but more stylized and adapted to themselves, which is again a sign of the desire to belong to a certain value system, and because of the sense of security. All this, much less characteristic, for example, for eccentric artists, adventurers, who create their own world and copies are much less present.