What governs Society?

My initial answer was The Laws of The Land, govern society. Then I thought, who makes the laws? Well, politician's do. I guess technically, the people of the land vote in the politician's and vote on the laws that get passed (at least in democratic states), but who's kidding who...the lobbyists who pay and scream the most get the laws passed that will benefit their agendas. So the laws are passed by lobbyists therefore they govern society? Maybe. I am gonna go with the fact that ethics and morals govern society regardless of laws. Without laws as a framework would their be anarchy...I pretty much think so. But look at Katrina, there were no laws for awhile there, and there wasn't mass anarchy. Was their looting for survival, yes, but the act of survival is a different topic, was there a small percentage of people stealing plasma's and the such, of course yes, but by and large people were focusing on survival without killing each other and breaking laws. So, for now, I will go with the inherent ethics and morals within the human race, that ultimately govern society. I've gotta believe that someone out there in blog sphere disagrees with that!!