Incidentally, Jason Pargin’s got a pen name - David Wong - under which he writes the horror series “John Dies At the End”. He incorporates a lot of these themes in his books. “This Book Is Made of Spiders”, in particular, just bludgeons you over the head with the idea of in-groups and out-groups being used to manipulate society.
Good old Dunbar’s number.
Incidentally, Jason Pargin’s got a pen name - David Wong - under which he writes the horror series “John Dies At the End”. He incorporates a lot of these themes in his books. “This Book Is Made of Spiders”, in particular, just bludgeons you over the head with the idea of in-groups and out-groups being used to manipulate society.