Saying that scale is the problem is the epitome of collectivism. The individualist approach sees the moral landscape as the experience of the individual.

In collectivist terms, which cannot help expressing these things in terms of numbers, the individualist view can be expressed as “one is too many”.

But in individualist terms, it’s not about numbers at all. It’s about pain, pleasure, hope, fear, sadness, anger, etc.

This concept of “well anything over fifteen thousand is too many”, drawing a line between numbers and calling that line the divider between good and bad, is a sure path to evil.