Strictly speaking, all laws are a form of 'social engineering' (to varying degrees). Murder is unacceptable in any society, so laws were created and punishments imposed to force people to conform to non-murderous behaviors. Prostitution was deemed to be unacceptable in our society for various reasons (mostly moral), and laws were created and punishments imposed to force people to conform to the societal norm of not paying for pootie (well, we all pay for it, but you know what I mean). Drug use has been deemed to be unacceptable in our society based, in part, on protecting the users and protecting those whom the users/dealers victimize, and have been outlawed. Just as building codes exist to force people to conform their structures to what has been deemed acceptable/structurally sound/safe by society, penal laws force people to conform to behavior deemed acceptable by society.
Whether you call it 'social engineering', or a 'social contract' or whatever, laws - especially penal laws - exist to enforce societal norms and to ensure that behavior of the people conforms to acceptable behavior by punishing behavior deemed unacceptable.
So, you see, the puppy was like industry. In that, they were both lost in the woods. And nobody, especially the little boy - "society" - knew where to find 'em. Except that the puppy was a dog. But the industry, my friends, that was a revolution.
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