 What theme can be understood from the behaviors of members of the Movement?
Conformity had become more than a social force; it was a physical necessity. After years of searching for differences Lanfierre had seen how extraordinarily repetitious people were, echoes really, dimly resounding echoes, each believing itself whole and separate. "It's like this, MacBride. It expressed his weariness and distaste for people who went off and got neurotic when they could be enjoying a happy, normal existence. Or, as Fownes hoped it might appear, the illusion of the domed city vanished and was replaced by a more satisfactory, and, for his specific purpose, more functional, illusion. The sun and moon both looked down upon a garden that was itself scintillant, composed largely of neon roses.
 Social activism generally fails because it is all talk and no action
 Too many group members vying for power often sabotages the group's progress  People who say they want progress are mostly virtue signaling, and their actual behaviors contradict their stated beliefs  People are too easily convinced by media propaganda  Social activism generally fails because it is all talk and no action