>One of the things I periodically mentally noodle with is, what would the world look like if it was a lot easier for units to choose what larger units they woul

>One of the things I periodically mentally noodle with is, what would the world look like if it was a lot easier for units to choose what larger units they would aggregate into? This sounds like the idea of voluntary association, one of the cornerstones of anarchist philosophy. I don't have much more to add, but many other people have spent a lot of time "noodling" the idea and you may find it interesting.