I don’t value society as an intrinsic good: its only valuable in so far that it services the individuals contained within it. Society is extrinsically valuable. So talking about what society is doesn’t matter that much to me unless we’re talking about it as a means to that end.
If society needs some of its individuals to suffer more than they would without one in order to make it great: it is not a worthwhile endeavor. No one chooses to be born, no one owes society anything. Society in fact owes the individuals because by its very existence it must be natalist in nature.
That said, many people enjoy contribution to a greater societal project. Some people don’t. I think we should enable people to do what they want without allowing people to impose their expectations of themselves on others.
Have you tried building something?
What is a society? What makes it work? How to start that shit? How to keep it going?
I don’t value society as an intrinsic good: its only valuable in so far that it services the individuals contained within it. Society is extrinsically valuable. So talking about what society is doesn’t matter that much to me unless we’re talking about it as a means to that end.
If society needs some of its individuals to suffer more than they would without one in order to make it great: it is not a worthwhile endeavor. No one chooses to be born, no one owes society anything. Society in fact owes the individuals because by its very existence it must be natalist in nature.
That said, many people enjoy contribution to a greater societal project. Some people don’t. I think we should enable people to do what they want without allowing people to impose their expectations of themselves on others.