Traditional vs Modern Society

A member of a traditional society would feel as though there are many advantages of his or her type of society as opposed to modern society. A member of a traditional society would feel as though modern society has quite a few flaws. Traditional society focuses more towards the improvement of society as a whole rather than focusing on self and personal gain. There are many comparisons between the two societies that can be made that show the differences in beliefs held by each society. By comparing the economies, material cultures, and lifestyles of both societies it is easy to see why a member of traditional society would believe that his or her society has an advantage over modern societies.
The economy of a traditional society is completely dissimilar to that of modern society. For example, in a traditional society, production is meant for use as opposed to modern society producing for growth and monetary gain. A member of traditional society would be opposed to producing for profit growth because in traditional society the main reasons for production were use and subsistence. Being that that they produced to survive there simply wouldn’t have been a need for all of the excess that modern society produces in order to increase profits. For example, the traditional society worked together to produce the crops or goods that they needed in order to survive as a whole. In modern society people produce in order to get ahead of the group and gain something over someone on individual level. In a traditional society they thought that having something that others did not would lead to problems and cause the society as a whole to take a step back because they did things as a group and in order for that to work the common goal must be to focus on the advancement of society as a whole.
In traditional societies, materials were seen as resources to help with the survival of the society as a whole. In modern societies resources are not always used for social ends they are