From the start, American people dedicated their new nation to the principles of democracy, freedom, equality and opportunity. These promises attracted people from other countries and millions of immigrants poured into the United States. The people of America are the people who went to find better opportunities, who were sold, who were undesirables in Africa, the rebel rousers, part of the 13 colonies, and who were never one people with a common background. Since it is the people that make up American society and the institutions, it is the diversity of American people that makes our society so complex. America is a melting pot of cultures and our democratic system allows for a variety of opinions, thus leading to a complex society.
America is often divided, largely because of its diversity. Americans are often separated by race, religion and other differences. How we interact and the decisions we make determine what kind of society we have. Since we have so many different people interacting with each other and expressing their opinions freely, the result is a complex society. There is no oppressive government who limits what people think politically or religiously and so in America there is a wide variety viewpoints. Having such a wide range of ideas and viewpoints leads to complexity. If people were expected to have the same views, society would be very simplistic and straight forward. For example, in communist Russia they outlawed religion and people could not have certain view points. Since everyone was essentially expected to have the same viewpoints, that society would not be complex because there isn’t a great variety in ways of thinking.
