Propensity of Americans to eschew or reject individualism and think in prescribed patterns out of a genuine fear of stepping out and thinking on their own.
"The average person...thinks in prescribed patterns. People...have a genuine fear of stepping out and thinking on their own.'Creeping Meatballism' is this rejection of individuality. It's conformity."
by Rusty Nail of Bronx Whitestone November 25, 2013