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Originally Posted by Trishsgate
I would also say keep the communities small say a thousand or so after that help to start a new community for the excess.
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Therein lies the rub Trishgate - you have just described one of the principle functions of colonialism. When I talk with people informally about English colonialism in North America, I joke that the only reason Britain moved toward colonization is because Richard Haklyut was tired of stepping over bums and puddles of poo on the way to his office. Siphoning of the "excess" population was one of the express goals of colonization.
My point is this - we must force ourselves to work with each other no matter the community size - no matter the population numbers or spatial spread. And how do we maintain harmony within society and use the surrounding environment for our needs without some sort of organizational structure - if not laws? I'm not sure this was Peer's original intent with this thread, but it seems to me we should all be considering the value of government structures. If we find ourselves rebuilding as the result of cataclysmic Earth changes, rather than war, resource-use efficiency may be the more important issue.