I think it was mentioned in a stream, I believe it is due to people potentially paying credits to enter a society, which would then make it difficult to close it. I guess there is the potential for exploits.
But you can't delete a career society either! And that doesn't have the issues you mention.
I bought the DLC which gave you money. But I spent it unwisely and would dearly love to start all over again. I haven't joined any online societies yet, so no reason why I shouldn't be able to...but I can't.
Bad habit of mine. i generally play a new game for a few hours to get the hang of it, then delete save and start from scratch. Can't do that with this game

If I'd known I would have thought about what I was gonna spend the money on.....
