How does culture influence society?

Cultural Control of Community

In strict instances of controlling cultures, the biggest threat is the stifling of individuality. When a person is forced to fall in line with strict cultural mandates, they don't develop discernment or critical thinking. What they think, what they do, how they move through life is all dictated and controlled by the culture they grow up in or choose to become part of as an adult. Cults often evolve from this kind of repressive cultures.