Societies can be like buildings. Some are built with strong, unchanging walls, these are rigid societies. Others have flexible materials that allow the building to move and grow, these are flexible societies. In rigid societies, people follow old rules and don’t change much over time. In flexible ones, new ideas come in easily, and people are ready to adapt.
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- A town where everyone wears the same type of hat every day is a rigid society.
- A city that lets anyone open a store and sell anything they want is a flexible society.
- A school that doesn’t allow students to choose their subjects is rigid, but one that lets them pick freely is flexible.
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See also
- Why Do Countries Choose Different Kinds of ‘Government’?
- What Makes a Political System ‘Democratic’ or ‘Authoritarian’?
- Why Do Countries Have Different Numbers of Presidents?
- Why Do Some Countries Have Two Different Governments at the Same Time?
- Why Do Some Countries Have So Many Presidents?
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