Societies have to do that in order to remain coherent and organized. If you have ever been responsible for small children you know you have to teach them all kinds of things which make no sense to them but which are necessary for survival in whatever kind of social order they are going to live in. The punishments for noncompliance are often very rough.
It's always been that way. Conformity is one of the most powerful forces in human society. Heck people used to gang up and kill non-conformists.
Societies have to do that in order to remain coherent and organized. If you have ever been responsible for small children you know you have to teach them all kinds of things which make no sense to them but which are necessary for survival in whatever kind of social order they are going to live in. The punishments for noncompliance are often very rough.
We are not children.