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"It’s a much smaller population" literally your second sentence, or do you not comprehend your own writing? Why is their smaller population relevant?
I should have been more clear. I never said the words "egalitarianism" or "authoritarianism".
That would be those "either" of the things I was referring to me having not said.
Smaller population simply means each person's vote counts for more. Easier for small groups to have an effect when they only need to reach a smaller number of potential voters.
EDIT: spelling
What about the smaller tribes who live under strict patriarchies that can't vote? Plenty examples of those in history and today (cults for instance). There are also examples of massive cities with egalitarian urban planning with no centralized temples or food storage. So again I ask, what makes you think population size has anything to do with their politics?