Same difference

Chesterton believed that the farmer in India had a lot in common with the farmer in England. They each wanted rain. Can that be said of the English and Indian utopian?
I am not impressed with calls for individualism. Being an individual requires little; just don't be like Jones. That is within the power of everyone.
But being like everyone else, ah, there's the challenge. Getting up in the morning, doing your job, being nice to people; there's the challenge. Being considerate of that old hag down the street, there's a challenge. Being agreeable with the one preaching his worldview, there's a challenge. Liking the fellow who doesn't like you; there's a challenge.
Sameness is a challenge. Difference requires mere obstinacy. We are all capable of that.