Individuality

Does it really matter if we are different or not? I'm not trying to sound ridiculous but I was wondering if other than the fact that it can be advantageous to be unique and stand out, does it matter? Does individuality, without the utility it brings to the individual, matter? What if we all dressed the same, we all listened to the same music, we found the same hobbies amazing? Other than a world being slightly more dull, does it matter? More importantly, would anything be gained through our similar lifestyles and wants? TONS. We could specialize more and mass produce more which would lead to less resources being used...which means more people could eat, could have shelter, could live. In essence, I believe our individuality is costing lives through the diversity and the redirecting of resources it causes. Sure it's kind of cool to see something new, but love and hate have always been within mankind. We wouldn't change in essence, we would just try to help the whole of humanity more, as opposed to the current capitalist "go screw anyone you need to to get more mentality." Most people may say that this is not the way they operate and they are individuals. But chances are that these people are from a developed country like I am. Guess what? We operate this way. I believe the term back in the day was colonization...today though the world is all claimed so we must replace the current rulers of resources with those that will do as we wish. We are helped while those giving us the resources are starving and in civil wars. But hey, we need our dogs to eat well and have clothing too, right?

The truth is (from what I can tell) that individuality is a luxury good and we don't deserve to indulge in it unto all our brothers are taken care of with necessities. We are horrible beasts, man. Willing to starve others so that we may be obese, willing to enable civil wars just so we can have cheaper diamonds, willing to talk of our own economic woes while others don't even have an economy. Pleases notice that I include myself in all of our countries' sins. We are spoiled dear readers, it's time someone threw us out.