Seven people do ask the question: Kirkpatrick Sale, E. F. Schumacher, Leopold Kohr, Ralph Borsodi, Mildred Loomis, Rudolf Bahro, and Paul Goodman. What size collective makes sense? Earliest: the band of about 50 (comprised of several kinship families)
Then: the Paleolithic tribe of about 300 (comprised of multiple nomadic bands or…