I'm rather sorry,Greg, but That 'there's no such thing as society' is nonsense, except in the sense that 'society' is not tangible.
You might just as well say,"There's no such thing as The United Kingdom", tho' Prime Ministers seem to be able to be first minister of such a no-thing.
'Course, I might have got the wrong end of the stick.(I do that averagely for a human bean).
'Society' is no more or less non-existent than 'capitalism', and if that doesn't exist ........ !!!!!!!!!!
So 'traditions' exist, which some recognise, some don't; some follow, some don't; etc. etc.