They are aided by the European Union's guarantees of free movement of capital among its 27 members, making it easy for the rich to shop across frontiers.
Once in power, a party could stack the government with its own members, making it difficult for the minority to regain power.
But it has outlived its old enemy: Charter 88 today boasts 75,000 members, making it probably the biggest political pressure group in Britain not dedicated to the welfare of animals or the environment.
Since Monnet's time the EU has grown to 28 members, making it ever harder to rely on trust.
Mr. Kim said his church outside Seoul had 70,000 members, making it the largest Presbyterian congregation in the world.
However, displacement may geographically disperse network members, making it difficult to provide and receive support necessary for psychological recovery after trauma.
The union, with headquarters in Washington, has 1.1 million members, making it the nation's largest union of public workers.
By contrast, the vigilante group's leaders say, some of their recruits are repentant former Boko Haram members, making it easier to correctly identify and catch the insurgents.
Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds claims more than a million members, making it one of Europe's biggest not-for-profit nature conservation bodies.
In the 1970s, the Chilean Communist Party had an estimated 50,000 members, making it the largest piece of the Allende coalition after the Socialists.
