Wood, earth and stones. -Thoreau

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Others, as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders, serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the devil, without intending it, as God. A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. -Henry David Thoreau

My point of view (in here also includes the people in society)

1) People tend to be dictated like what Thoreau said in "The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines". The ones in the military that follows orders is an example. Maybe another is a boss and employer relationship when the employed follows what the boss says because he/she needs to.

2)There are some that only care about themselves. Think what will benefit them and not the many. Here comes greed, corruption that is why more people are in poverty.

3)And there is the people who fight for what they believe is right. People who cares about the society because they know that what is happening to their community isn't right. They stand up for what they believe in and mostly becomes the enemy of the public.