Those tribal councils and chiefdoms populations were a majority of humanity until ~1500 AD.

The Statist status quo has been dominant for roughly 0.25% of Homo Sapien's history as a species.

Looking at the ever-increasing centralisation, fragility and enshitification of the world, I'm not bullish on Statism. Previous episodes of Statism have led to collapse, and reemergence of decentralised self-governance.