Issue 85 Overall success before the well-being of its individual citizens

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85) Some people believe that in order to thrive, a society must put its own overall success before the well-being of its individual citizens. Others believe that the well-being of a society can only be measured by the general welfare of all its people.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

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原题：85) Some people believe that in order to thrive, a society must put its own overall success before the well-being of its individual citizens. Others believe that the well-being of a society can only be measured by the general welfare of all its people.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

我的思路：1，先将the overall success定义为以国家领导人意志为导向的成功；2，列举历史上为人称颂和为人唾弃的文明／时期，如希腊文明，美索不达米亚文明以及法西斯主义和日本军国主义；3，论述只有当国家领导人意志跟人民幸福的方向相符合时，国家才能繁荣。

讨论后的思路：将overall success定义为economic development，论述overall和individual两者之间的关系。1，总结出overall success 跟general welfare是统一的，跟specific group of citizens是不统一的，某些政策的提出与一部分人的利益相搏，但通过整体计算，general welfare可以保证；2，举例三峡工程Three Gorges Project使得大批库区居民家园被毁坏，牺牲了一部分的利益，但换来了经济利益和长远的整体的成果；3，举例计划生育政策one-child policy限制了人生育的权利，但政策的目的是为了保证国家经济的阶段性发展。（类似的例子还有international trade/free trade与trade protection之间的矛盾；数码化、机器人使一部分人失业但很大程度上提高了整个社会的运作效率）

规律和方法：1，当题目中关键词定义模糊时，可以在主题段引入新的概念来定义该概念；2，破题无门时可以通过具体的例子来考虑，再抽象成自己的论点；3，同义改写要确保意思不变，如citizenry 和individual 就不属于同义改写，因为citizenry是整体概念。

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