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in this excerpt from utopia, sir thomas more claims that the best society is one in which all people work at useful occupations. in a well - constructed paragraph, evaluate the validity of the claim based on the strategy you have learned. cite specific details from the text to support your ideas.
you will find that the number of those by whose labours mankind is supplied is much less than you perhaps imagined: then consider how few of those that work are employed in labours that are of real service, for we, who measure all things by money, give rise to many trades that are both vain and superfluous, and serve only to support riot and luxury: for if those who work were employed only in such things as the conveniences of life require, there would be such an abundance of them that the prices of them would so sink that tradesmen could not be maintained by their gains, if all those who labour about useless things were set to more profitable employments, and if all they that languish out their lives in sloth and idleness (every one of whom consumes as much as any two of the men that are at work) were forced to labour, you may easily imagine that a small proportion of time would serve for doing all that is either necessary, profitable, or pleasant to mankind, especially while pleasure is kept within its due bounds.
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Explanation:

Sir Thomas More argues that many current occupations are vain and superfluous, serving only luxury. If people were engaged in useful work, there would be an abundance of necessary goods and less waste. However, what is considered 'useful' can be subjective. Also, human wants and the nature of pleasure are complex and not easily bounded. More's view simplifies the economic and social dynamics, but his idea of a society focused on real - service occupations has merit in reducing waste and promoting efficiency.

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The claim has both valid and invalid aspects. On one hand, focusing on useful occupations could lead to an abundance of necessary goods and reduce waste as More suggests. On the other hand, the concept of 'useful' is subjective, and human desires and the nature of pleasure are complex, which More's view may not fully account for.