Open Societies Vs. Closed Societies

When looking at open and closed societies, the differences between the two are more thought of than the similarities. During World War II, Germany was a closed society. The citizens were told what to do in every aspect of their lives. The German government wanted to try and create a “perfect race”. In an open society, like the United States, each individual is able to be just that, an individual. There are no set standards that Americans have to reach. One of the biggest ways these two societies differ is the speech from the citizens. The way citizens can speak, the response from the government and the repercussions of what has been said is all different. Citizens of a closed society are expected agree with everything that the government is doing. Government leaders expect them to basically become a puppet that can be controlled whenever they want. Along with all of this, the citizens should conform to what the government wants and not disagree with the choices they are making. If citizens did think differently than the government, they most definitely could not speak up about it. Someone
In a closed society, the easiest way to take care of someone who did not want to obey the rules was to kill the person. Violence from the government did not even have to be because of a huge gesture like dropping leaflets from balcony. A younger German was a bit terrified what she saw the night Adolf Hitler took power. She saw a man standing not too far from her be struck by a Nazi. As the man lay on the ground bleeding she was not sure what he had done to have that happen to him, but she thought that maybe he had made a hostile remark (pg. 25). Sophie and Hans both had to face a guillotine only three hours after their trial, where they finally confessed to being guilty of spreading the leaflets (pg.