The Social Interaction. Part 2.

First we look at what our society is based on. As sad as it is to say, a large portion of our society is based upon what you have. Money, looks, friends, family lines. The more you have, the better you get along. This is how it's always been. The best hunters and farmers in old days, the better businessmen later. If you were good at something, you did better in society. You got more respect and lived a better life. End of story. Of course this does make sense in my mind. The harder you work, the more you get out of it. But where does logic end and injustice begin? Many people believe that these inequalities shouldn't even exist. That we should all just be equal. But as time has proven time and time again, someone always ends up taking power. It's human nature. And it's awful. But it can't be stopped. So there needs to be a limit to power. But there still needs to be someone in charge right? Someone to decide what a country, state, city, or family does as a group. If everyone did their own thing, we'd all have a pretty crappy life in the end. And even then, the better murderers and thieves would have better lives than the poor ones. Unequal society gone bad boy. Life in general would be bad. Eventually some kind soul would take pity and have a morality moment and shape the town back together. Only to take power and rule. Maybe he'd rule in goodness. But it's still a ruler. So that knocks out that plan. What about one with absolute rulers? One where you absolutely must be the very best in order to rule? Good idea. But then people get fed up with a cruel ruler. He fought for the position fair and square. But he doesn't care for the people. Another common problem that is most often seen in history with inherited thrones. A wonderful queen dies leaving her abusive son in charge. The golden age turns in to the dark years. And then there's the idea of democracy. The people vote for their favorite leader and if they don't like him then they can kick him out. But what's to stop him from straight up stealing power? And if he makes promises people still believe will be kept, sometimes they will let him stay in power even if he's ruining the country. And then there are other forms of leadership. Joint leaders and religious leadership are two examples that are also flimsy at times. Essentially what we learn is that it takes a very special sort of person to lead a society. And debates over who that person should be and what he should be doing lend as much of a part to our society as said leader's actions.

-Liz