Throughout History every civilization has come to an end. Humans can not run away from these failures in their societies. Great Societies will always come to an end. Great Societies fall because the Government doesn’t make the greatest decisions they could have, they get the things they need from other countries and don’t make it themselves, and they don’t treat the people the way they would like to be treated, all of these reason could make a society tumbling down. Each one messes up on their own, some of the most common ways are the government executing atrocious decisions, such as making a decision that puts the citizens in danger. Another reason they can fall is when they get their needs from other places, this is very common and everyone wonders why, but if that country stops giving you what you need, then your society will fall. However these are not the only reasons not treating the citizens right is another common reason. When the citizens are not treated well then they will go against whoever isn’t treating them well. These are all ways societies fall. You can see these failures in the book The Maze Runner, in present day Ukraine, and in ancient Rome.
Governments make a lot of bad decisions. After a while, these decisions pile up and bring the society plunging down. It is impossible to make all satisfying decisions, but you can try by talking about the problem or the item they are voting on to other people, and seeing what the citizens believe. “They were seated in chairs arranged in a semicircle around him.” ( Maze Runner Page 152) In the Maze Runner, they only have the outstanding people of the Glade at their job, which is called the Keepers make the decisions. This could lead to a deterioration of a society as thi...
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...oned again. Everybody makes bad decisions but when you are a government leader, you can not make that mistake. The bad decisions that the government officials have created and made their societies follow are one of the main causes for societies to fall. Also when you trust another country to give you what you need. When this country stops giving you this, then your people are at war and the death tally will begin to rise. No one can save a society from falling it is inevitable, but if we can get away from these habits then we won’t fall till a few more years in the future.
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