I think topics such as this are all meant to make us realise what this 'big society' idea is about (because no-one has really been told).
I think in fact what Cameron means more is 'small society'.
I think he wants people to be forced to move back near relatives to get them to do the childcare, or have grandparents/parents move in with them even, like in the good old WWI/WW2 days. I think he wants neighbourhoods to start getting together to solve issues the council can no longer afford to cover, and to police the areas the police are no longer available to protect, no matter that 'neighbourhoods' don't exist any more since the heady days of the 80s. I think he wants us to pick up other people's dog poo because there's no-one left to educate the idiots who let it happen, and to educate our own children because there's no more libraries, and actual teachers are in scarce supply due to lack of funds.
He wants us all to step back and take a good hard look at our lives and say 'well, we must make sacrifices now, for the good of everyone'.
And why should we be grateful for his guidance, this light in the murk? Why do we need to do this? Because the governments and the bankers messed everything up.
THEY'RE HOLDING US RESPONSIBLE TO FIX A PROBLEM WE HAD NO SAY IN AND COULD NEVER HAVE ALTERED.
Absolutely nothing any government in power today in the UK could say about this situation would ever have any bearing on the fundamental truth of all this, because they all know the truth is that the 'people' are not to blame, and you can't punish people who are without blame.
So I'd just like to say, as politely as I possibly can to the people who run this planet, **** you all.
Rant over!