Individuals feel ignored, even when several million form a group, because often the groups are still very small relative to the whole. Plus those groups are ve

Individuals feel ignored, even when several million form a group, because often the groups are still very small relative to the whole. Plus those groups are very temporary. Meanwhile we have government and corporations that form long lived groups. This is the natural result of centralization I think. Like an ant colony. Want more voice? Move to a country with a tiny population. You gain a much larger voice, but you also give up things.