(from elsewhere) (worth repeating) The problem is one of scale. Families operate

(from elsewhere) (worth repeating)

The problem is one of scale. Families operate on non monetary internal signals, but families still operate as an economy. That economy simply makes use of kin selection. But outside of the family it is nearly impossible to construct kin selection without an island or a northern european peninsula.

****You cannot break the Dunbar number without an information and incentive system to compensate for exceeding human cognitive ability****

Cults rely on expensive rituals and verbal contrivance in order to attempt to construct some alternative kinship alliance. This is why only very eccentric cults with high costs of entry and ritual persist beyond the original founders.