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When you're talking about these cohesive egalitarian groups of hunter-gatherers, how many people might be in any individual group? The context I'm asking in is
by Consultant32452 9y ago
When you're talking about these cohesive egalitarian groups of hunter-gatherers, how many people might be in any individual group? The context I'm asking in is that I would suspect this type of arrangement could be pretty effective up to Dunbar's Number. Once your "group" gets above Dunbar's Number (estimated 100-250) it would become increasingly difficult to function without hierarchical structures.
- petra 9y agoThis may be true. But we know that Scandinavia and Sweden are much less hierarchical than the US, and they function well as complex societies.
- Consultant32452 9y agoScandinavian countries have virtually no racial or cultural diversity. For example, 97% of Finland's population is of Finnish or Swedish heritage. Over 70% of the Finnish population belongs to the Finnish national religion, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and a portion of their taxes are handed over to the church. Finland has an immigration policy in-line with mainstream US Republican proposals such as being means-tested rather than a random lottery and it's not weighted towards diversity at all. Lastly, Scandinavian countries have equal or worse gender representation for careers like nursing and engineering. Scandinavia deserves plenty of credit for the legislative efforts they've made towards egalitarianism, but it's important we put our perception of them into context.