Societal? nothing. kings and nations change with the wind, there is no golden age, nothing is perfect, nothing is nirvana, nothing last forever. if you want to impose your view of the world and be part of the elite, you have two ways to go ab out it. 1 be born into it or 2. work ruthlessly to get their.
You're talking to someone who belives that at some point reality itself will be undone and all that will be left is judgment a judgment that doesin't care about whether we helped create a 10,000 year empire or a golden city on the hill, but rather judge us on what we've done behind closed doors and the people we've helped along the way,
Me and my own, I want to be the best person I can be both physically and spirtually. by shooting for the moon I'll at least aim amoung the stars. If I fail then heck at least I can say I lived.