How do you define what a society wants? There is not an implicit goal when a society exists, there is just a collective of individuals who happen to have some i

How do you define what a society wants? There is not an implicit goal when a society exists, there is just a collective of individuals who happen to have some interaction. So essentially, this is the function of politicians in a democracy: to reconcile the irreconcilable views of individuals. However, as with all compromises, often no one is left happy... I'm not explaining things well I think, hope you can make sense of that!