There is a BIG difference between governing and neighbors.
Government is all about organizing thugs+taxes.
An open court a neigborhood might hold to examine an exile event.
But you can't give me a solid figure on the question "how big is too big?". Tell me how organized is too organized. What should I do if I see an organization of people getting too big?
Government is a croup of people organized to continually coerce a population. Any size is too big. A single problem may be solved by a single-session court, ad-hoc.
"What should I do if I see an organization of people getting too big?" Difficult ! Is it popular ? For what reason ? If popular for Harm it is probably time to move elsewhere.
You're going to be a lonely nomad you're whole life then. People get together to do stuff they couldn't do alone. If it's valuable but has been corrupted I think fixing > abandoning
A mostly lonely nomad my whole life already. Nothing new there. Populations do not often cooperate with being fixed. Sometimes letting Darwin deal with it is the only solution.
This underscores the issue of a population that "learns". In theory an organization that can cause Harm should always be a one-off, Exiling someone should never be something "easy".
Rules ? This I only suggest for those who find themselves in such circumstance. And: there is no reason a neighborhood might not form its own One-Law contract if 100% agree.
Nothing ever conceived changes human nature to revert to behaviours common around the globe. The mind boggles at what transpires under the banner "Let's go make our utopian commune"
Excellent question. "Permanent" Organizations have participants with hidden agendas. Persistent hierarchy also indicates issues. The village idiot should chair occasionally.
The problem I have with anarchists and marxists alike is y'all make these "should", "would", "could" statements without ever giving a method for enforcement.
these are serving suggestions, not iron-fists Enforcement is forbidden. Fences not. Thieves should be perfectly free to starve to death in the town square. Or accept exile.
This society sounds lonely, boring, dangerous and stressful. You should visit me in Japan. It's not perfect by any stretch but they stumbled upon some secret sauce.
Shame is just another term for social-contract. I also think the balance between internal and external influence is great. They maintain a national identity without getting too cocky.