As an old saying goes, competition and cooperation are twin brothers. They are not inseparable. It is difficult to say which one is more important. However, if I have to make a preference, I would say competition is first, cooperation is second. The reasons are given below.
             Firstly, if there is no competition, there will be no social progress. Competition could be traced back to the beginning of human beings. At first, the early humans had to compete with other creatures for food and shelter. Then, they had to compete with their enemies for land and other resources. Gradually, they had to compete with their neighbors and other tribe members for higher social ranks and better positions. In this sense, human beings are used to competing with each other. Because of this, human beings have got more achievements than other creatures on this planet. Because of competition, our society becomes more and more developed, and our science and technologies become more and more advanced.
             Secondly, if there is no competition, there is no peace. If human beings were born with the personalities of cooperation, there would be no oppression, no war, or no killing in the world. Based upon the history of human beings, all peaceful lives had been achieved through struggles and competitions. If the British and Americans did not fight against Hitler, nobody knows how many years the Second World War would have lasted. If the Blacks did not protest against the whites in the United States, nobody know when they would achieve election rights and vote for their candidates.
             I agree with the old saying, "competition and cooperation are twin brothers". But peaceful cooperation rarely appears if you do not compete first and defeat your rivals. In this world, the absolute equality does not exist. If you want your rival to cooperate with you, you must win him first. Otherwise, your rival will compete with you sooner or later. In fact, most coopera
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