Some thoughts:

In society, people will say, "Let's go to a retreat," and they would be temporary hermits for awhile. They will feel good and say, "I wish I could stay here." But then they pack their things at the end of the week and return to a work place they find hostile and to unhealthy habits. Then they stay living in a house manufactured by people like them.

In American culture, a motto 'we're all equal' is used to justify many horrible things, and yet it's hard to disagree with... yet what they mean by 'equal' is 'uniform.'