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What Makes A Society Great
Adebowale Oluwakemi
Professor Sharon Rossum
English 1302[online]
February 15, 2015
What Makes A Society Great So many things make up a great society or contribute to any great society. Society is formed by many people of similar likes and most of the same value. Different cultures, different tribes also comes together to form a great society. Personally, there are many things that makes up a society great which includes, civilization, the ability of a society to answer most difficult questions, the provision of well committed leaders to the society or within the people, the ability of a society to provide social amenities, the ability of a society to provide good welfare, the ability of a society to provide security, the ability of the society to provide reasonable healthcare act, and the ability of a society to maintain industrial and workforce stability. I believe, there are too many things that contribute or makes up a great society but, this essay will emphasis more on civilization, the availability of a well committed leaders in a society, the ability of a society to maintain a great industrial and workforce stability for the people, the ability of a society to provide a great healthcare, and the ability of the society to maintain quality education for the people. These five points will be explained further as argument supporting the topic sentence of what makes a great society. Firstly, civilization is the most important thing when talking about what makes a society great. There is no great society without civilization, a society can be classified or ranked by how civilized they are, it involve the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization. For example, many African countries are not considered as a great society because they lack civilization. Many of these countries are underdeveloped; many gained their independence few years back so they still lack civilization

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