‘Community’ has become an egalitarian word. Words like diversity, inclusion, and association with socialism and communism have made it look like communities are a bunch of people being merry all day.
It is anything but that.
Community can be seen as the line you draw between an insider and an outsider.
There is no community without an outsider.
I’ve been telling my trusted circle that 8 billion people CANNOT be one community. Even if aliens attacked us, it would not be possible for such a large number of small-brained humans to trust each other.
So definitely there are more tribes than one.
Dunbar number is very clear. It does hold even while we design structures, culture, and protocols to scale communities.
The strongest of communities are the ones where insiders have great Affinity, which is only efficient in a small group of people.
Defining an insider’s and an outsider’s values, beliefs, and lifestyle is something that defines the affinity quotient later in the life of the community.