At most, the competition of new forms of social organization draw people away from older forms of association.
The new social organizations draw attention away from the older ones.
No one forgot the old forms of association.
They are at the market selling watches
They just finished working on his personality!
A boy is raking leaves.
You would spend the next few thousand years constantly drowning and not enjoying yourself.
A group is playing darts.
The kid swings a stick.