Who do you think are the most important people in a society?

Damn it, I was going to say moms until I read the details lol

Despite all the cops and members of the military in my family, I'm not going with them because I think people are capable of protecting themselves otherwise. If it weren't for sanitation workers, things like cholera would still be rampant, so they get a gold star from me, but I'm not picking them. Doctors definitely play a vital role in society, but I'm not choosing them. Researchers trying to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS--love what they do, but I'm not going with them either.

I'm going with teachers. Some of them are God-awful, but the ones who enjoy what they do have a lot to offer students. All the other members of society learn from them; if they fail, we all do.

I don't think anyone is more important than another person. I think they are all important, even the the people who do jobs that aren't really considered to be by most people. Everyone has their purpose in life and in society, even the people who do the most menial of tasks. The way I see it, everyone is connected like a chain; if even one of the links are missing, then the chain would be broken. Each link is needed in order to hold everything together. Does that make sense...?

I think there is no such thing as "most important." We all work together as an integral part of a complex system. Butterfly effect so to speak.

"Every drop in the ocean counts."
-Yoko Ono

That depends.

If we are talking about a classical view of society that is basically a large group of people working together towards a common goal, then everyone is important. If any one person rises above anyone else in the group, their desires may rise above the needs of the group as a whole. In this way, the most important thing is that no one be more important than the group. In fact, the Group, as an entity of its own, is the most important.

If you are talking about a modern society as we know it, then I would have to say that consumers of goods and services are the most important. These days money is the grease that allows the gears of society to turn. If there are no consumers, then there can be no industry. There can be no professions. No one can rely on apecific skills to make it in the world since no one else is willing to give them the means to live by performing with those skills alone. We, essentially, go back to providing for ourselves... which is the opposite of society.

Probably the police, EMT's, and firefighters. Because without them, many people would be dead.

I think everyone is important in their own way and that we are all equal. I know that sounds tacky but that's my opinion. I have no favorites based on people and level of importance because EVERYONE is important one way or another...