So Many Fallen Societies

By extension, society won’t function well unless the wellness of the individual is a priority. This is clearly shown in Harrison Bergeron. The most gifted members of society are handicapped in order to create a dystopic equality. The population is not happy, and although it is not said what the outcome of the society is, it is easy to predict that it will fall, as all societies do. The USA’s society in Harrison Bergeron is an example of a poor society failing. However, failure isn’t limited to dystopic regimes. For example, one of the most influential societies to live on Earth ( Ancient Rome) became successful after making the individual a priority. Before Rome became the most successful republic in history, it was an oligarchical monarchy known as Etrusca. However, Etrusca fell due lack of representation in government, or by extension, a pro society government causing dissent and malcontent in the population, leading to revolution and eventually developing into what is now known as Rome. This discontent in the Etruscan society can be found throughout every society in the history of the human race. The Republic of Rome became successful due to the importance placed on the individual, making Rome unique to other societies. However, after the wars versus neighboring Carthage, Rome’s government became weak enough to allow Julius Caesar to rise to power, leading to the Roman Empire. Although Rome had made the individual a priority orginally, it still wasn’t enough. It is therefore logistically impossible to create a utopian everlasting society. Due to this guaranteed failure, the welfare of society isn’t as important as the welfare of the

As we progress further down the road to prosperity there is always a time before or after that knocks us down and shows either the best or the worst of society. With that said society to an

Great societies fail all around the world at anytime, is America in danger? How can we prevent our society from falling like others? Many past societies have fallen for various reasons, some reasons occur more than others and the three mains reasons that string through many of the societies are: political corruption, differing opinions in religion and excessive military spending. This information not only shows us information that caused powerful societies to fall but also shows what people right now can do to prevent the fail of societies today. The three main causes of the fall of great societies are political corruption, excessive military spending and differing opinions about religion.

Furthermore, societies corruption involving financial gains, whether it be not paying takes or taking bribes, or committing a crime to gain money. Greed has a lot to do with this form of corruption, it’s the want, not the need of money that usually drives people to do wrong, it is about good or bad

Hey..Hey buddy, You think that your society is perfect, without any flaws or worries? Well, that's what the Romans and what Nazi Germany thought, and where are they now? Gone. That's where they are. Even in the fiction book, Ready Player One, they thought they were so tough, but not anymore. These Societies may have been powerful and wealthy, but they all suffered the same fate. Corrupt leaders, turned the society upside down. Poverty, affected the moral of the civilization, bringing it down. Wars destroyed the society, making it weak to attacks. Even the most powerful and beautiful civilizations, fall due to Corrupt leaders, Poverty, and wars.

All of mankind, there have been many attempts to construct a perfect society with happiness, health, and equality, but none has yet to succeed. The novel Divergent by Veronica Roth and the Jewish Holocaust of the 1930’s through 1940’s is examples of attempts, which is called a “Utopia” trying to have a perfect community with high expectations of their citizens. Aiming to make up a perfect society created a Dystopia instead of a Utopia, during the Jewish Holocaust and Divergent both societies conform to certain rules and expectations, they tried to get rid of something that was not considered the norm, and citizens were not treated well and they were not equal. Pushing for high expectations and a perfect society from the citizens, caused the opposite of what each society had strove for, a dystopian society and an unpleasant society.

The books, Utopia by Thomas More and the Condition of the Working Class by Friedrich Engels criticize societies hundreds of years ago, and upon reading these books, I have realized that our society today, shares many of the qualities of societies mentioned in these books. Utopia and the Condition of the Working Class brought to light the wealth gap and inequality within societies and how the conditions we are brought up in affects our future. The authors of these books also point out the insecurity of people, as well as poverty and self-interest. Society has changed since the early days, but there are quite a few never-ending issues that still affect our societies today.

I Think corruption starts within organizations is when There are no authority checks and balances that effects the mindset and integrity of The employees who are in high management positions and also working within the any department of a government sector or business. With the economy growing in many states corruption decreases because jobs are able to pay people well and not below what the job position requires. Many factors play when it comes to corruption because it starts from home so a family or person can live well and a major factor can be the strength of the state presidency office if, the presidency for the state is not strong and showing good change to help the state in bad times people start to lose motivation and practices that things will get better and decide to take things in their own hands as for corruption.

The political bosses were solely interested in self-gain by bribing people to vote for them and this created an unfair political system that did not fully represent what society wanted. In summation, the corruption of the political organizations affected society because the political bosses were influential in terms of gaining votes for themselves by using the immigrants to their own advantage. The large scale expansion of industry encouraged political bosses to engage in such corrupt behaviors because of competition and greed for more power. The political sector of society failed to overcome the influences that the rise of big business brought about and it fell to corrupt means that exploited the poor and created a widening gap between the poor and wealthy, those who

While Great societies are well great, nothing can last forever. Many great societies that people thought will never die have fallen to various things. Take rome, they fell because inflation of money, which didn't allow for much spending. Or the Nazi’s. That Nazi government was very corrupt and fell because of what they did. Or even the Etruscans. They were overthrown by the very people they governed. So Societies fall for many reasons, including corrupt leaders, money inflation, and social revolution.

A perfect society has always been the goal for many; unfortunately it has only existed in books. The Prince by Niccoló Machiavelli, written in 1513, provides necessary information to become a Prince who will obtain, keep, and please his empire. Thomas More's Utopia, written in 1516, creates an ideal civilization that will live happily, comfortably, and without any problems. Both books attempted to solve problems within a society by critiquing other institutions and creating their own solutions. With the rise in cities, trade, and the economy in the 15th century, people began to realize order and structure in a society is necessary to flourish. Machiavelli and

The brain is not able to grow its own understanding and opinions when the rulers are telling the people who is bad, who is good, what is right, and what is wrong. The government is the biggest participant in corruption. Things that are unseen and unheard of like embezzlement, bribery, and extortion are all forms of corruption that the government commits, but fails to admit for the “safety” of the public. Another form of corruption is pretending to protect the people by not giving all of the information. For example, “in the book, as in life in the United States today, the conflict is offstage, heard only as occasional rocket impacts”(Ricks, “We Are (Still) Living in an Orwellian World”).

The question of whether a perfect society is possible or even desirable suggests that our societies aren’t perfect as they are. In other words our societies are flawed and therefore imperfect and undesirable. In my opinion a society without flaws is neither possible nor desirable. Persuasive evidence to support my viewpoint is abundant in examples from literature, history and current events.

It seems more difficult to change the regime. This is the source of corruption. When one class of society strives to better themselves and succeed in doing so, it causes corruption.

Political corruption has existed throughout the ages. It believed to be most prominent in positions of power, because of the role money plays in getting people power. However, over the centuries, corruption has changed so much so as to not match a particular definition of corruption, perpetually growing deceptively harder to find (Ebbe).