[smitty1e]

I submit that Dunbar's Number plays a role. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

30k members--that's a couple of Army Divisions--is more likely to form rigid authoritarian groupings simple to get in and out of the building in a reasonable amount of time.

People don't scale. The overhead of coordinating among so many people would be stifling.

No, the correct approach in my view is to delegate as much as possible back to the States.