Language games form the minimum relation required for any society to exist.

Evidence

But there is no need to resort to some fiction of social origins to establish that language games are the minimum relation required for society to exist: even before he is born, if only by virtue of the name he is given, the human child is already positioned as the referent in the story recounted by those around him, in relation to which he will inevitably chart his course. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 168

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The pre-natal naming argument grounds the social bond in language games without invoking a social-contract or origin myth — sits with Lyotard’s central method.