The often mentioned quote from B. Franklin (reproduced in the linked site) about "any society" giving up a little liberty for a little security and deserving neither is I think quite funny, because giving up liberty in exchange for security is the very definition of society.
Society is not about liberty; it's about control, surveillance, obedience, in exchange from keeping aliens at bay.
If everyone's my brother I don't need "society", because there are no aliens.
On the other hand, if every brother is a potential or covert alien, then I need a very intense system of control.
I'm not sure it's possible to have society without surveillance; they are sides of the same coin.
Society is a bunch of people gathering togheter because they are happier that way. If everybody is your brother, you won't be any better living alone in a field.
Yeah, other people always come with some kind of surveilance and disagreement, but that's a consequence, not the goal.
You can move to some non-urbanized area, and just cut communications with anybody else. (Yes, you can not completely cut away because of taxes, but you can to a huge degree.)
Society is not about liberty; it's about control, surveillance, obedience, in exchange from keeping aliens at bay.
If everyone's my brother I don't need "society", because there are no aliens.
On the other hand, if every brother is a potential or covert alien, then I need a very intense system of control.
I'm not sure it's possible to have society without surveillance; they are sides of the same coin.