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Social inequality is a major topic focused on by governments around the world today. While tackling this issue has remained controversial, the topic has a long history and societies in the past have developed in ways that either limited or expanded such inequality. What we find is that, historically, social inequality tends to increase as societies scale to larger population levels and the political structures are more expansive, as empires and large states form. This creates greater social dependencies, which link people more closely but also creates differences among them. Even societies that have consciously attempted to minimize inequality have rarely been successful in fully minimizing inequality in cases where populations are relatively large.
[[File:Idea pieter bruegel the elder - sized-peasant wedding - google art project 2.jpg|thumbnail|Feasting was used by early societies as a way to create social dependencies that led to social inequality.]]
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[[File:Idea pieter bruegel the elder - sized-peasant wedding - google art project 2.jpg|thumbnail|Feasting was used by early societies as a way to create social dependencies that led to social inequality.]]
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