Do you ever feel that you are the only one left who actually USES their brain?

Of course this is happening, it has ALWAYS happened. History has formed around society. The ENTIRE european and middle eastern world basically operated off of the society of the romans, and the greeks before them. People will always follow society, and the status cuo of what people say is right. Its hard to not get caught up in it, and for those who don't, they are the ones who will inevitably start a NEW trend, and then the world will follow what you do. Infact its impossible for me to think of a world where no one followed society, it would probably be a very chaotic place with no form of central controll.