ISS-19 摘

19."If a society is to thrive, it must put its own overall success before the well-being of its individual citizens."
before :条件状语从句

keys: overall success individual


A. Society is a constituency of individual citizens. There is no such entity that exists independently above the thousands of thousands of people that is called "society". A society must necessarily represent its citizens' interests. The standard for prosperity of a society can only be connected with the well being of its individual citizens.

B. If the well being of individual citizens is ignored, forcing a low living standard, they will cause great trouble to the society, even rebelling and revolting in attempts to destroy it. 例如： 由于失业率的上升而造成的犯罪问题等等。

C. However, the government may sacrifice individual citizens' interest for the greater good of society as a whole. With the construction of the subway, for example, the government will require the reconstruction or even deconstruction of existing homes and buildings in the path of the tunnel. In such an event, individual citizens are forced to move out of their homes or suffer inconveniences in transportation and pollution. But these sacrifices are often based on a more profitable future for many more residents in that city, and those who receive the detrimental effects are usually compensated. In most cases, large scale public construction programs will not begin if proven not beneficial to most habitants of the city.