Back when I was in the Navy the most popular car for married junior officers in my neighborhood seemed to be a Volvo 244. Heck, I drove one for years myself. Our "Fly Navy" and "Reagan for President" stickers sort of broke with the established Volvo stereotype.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.