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| In his landmark work, The Division of Labor in Society, Emile Durkheim remarks that we are moving from mechanical solidarity, based on similar qualities, to organic solidarity, based on complementary | |
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| traits. However, as society moves away from mechanical solidarity, there is a conservative impulse to revive it. | |
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| This phenomena takes many forms: music subcultures, literary subcultures, other small communities... | |
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| ... professional wrestling, mass hysteria over sports, fashion trends... | |
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| But sometimes it seems that mechanical solidarity was not so great after all. | |
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| ... and I get a hat shaped like a tortilla chip! Isn't that awesome!? | |
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