Societies: Virtual and Real

This is a fundamental truism for all societies. I think it is the distillation of the purpose of society:

How will someone know he's being an asshole, if no one tells him he's being an asshole?

When this element of society begins to break down (i.e. "Don't judge me."), then society breaks down. If this element isn't present at the outset (e.g. Virtual Communities) society never has the chance to take roots.