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I think the answer to this is the society needs to value anarchy, that is, not having people whose opinions matter more than others. The population then puts pressure on anyone who appears to be trying to set themselves up in a special role, up to an including active defense.

This is how immediate return hunter gatherers act. There's some ancient Indus river valley civilizations that seemed to have this kind of thing going on if I'm not mistaken.