Giving Back to Society

Giving back to the society. Fancy term.

Why should I give back to the society? What did it give me in the first place?

My parents gave me a name. They met all my needs - emotional and material. They moulded me into the person I am. I created an identity for myself - what I think, say and do makes me what I am. Frankly, I PAID - financially and otherwise - my way through the social construct. Hullo, where does benign society come into the picture?

Did it give me citizenship? Yes it did, and bound me forever to a nationality. Did it give me a democratic government? Yes it did, and saw to it that incompetent leaders ruled common people like me and left us to wallow in our misery. Did it give me an executive? Yes it did, and ensured that babus were a law onto themselves. Society gives people everything what they own but makes them feel indebted for it. Society enslaves. Society pulls you down when you are on a high. To cut the crap, society never makes a difference - individuals do.

So why should I give back to the society? Have I not been sinned against more than I've sinned?

That doesn't mean I won't 'give back to the society.' But that won't be borne out of a social obligation. Instead, it will be rooted in empathy and love for a class of people. Patriotism, a la Swades? Maybe. But no social obligation please. It's already in overdraft with respect to me.