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Comment author: TimS 23 January 2013 03:54:02PM *  -1 points [-]

Points (1) and (2) are not closely related. A person could believe (2) without believing (1)

I think these comments from fubarobfusco and Qiaochu_Yuan explain the point that what counts as conformity is very culturally dependent. Non-conformity in those situations might just be a disguised way of saying that someone desires the culture to change.