Will this become a debate about what "society" should or should not mean? Wiktionary offers
six definitions of this English word including
A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
This definition may be compatible with bilby's, but this view is not universally held. For example, on 14 July 1789 a group of French citizens informed their government that they had not given consent and that any goal was not held in common. And right here in this thread we see Infidels who seem to agree that "society" should be managed to favor the interests of the wealthiest land-owners, rather than any mutual consent to serve any common goal.
Storming of the Bastille followed the publication of
Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique by Jean-Jacques Rousseau but, as we see in this thread, the En
lightdarkened view has not yet taken full hold in America.