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I'm talking about larger groups of humans. Things are very different when you have only a few hundred humans or less. Dunbar's number[1] is an important factor here.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number




Don't most people only have real social relationships with a few hundred people or less?


Of course, but I'm not sure what that has to do with governance structures of societies.




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