Ideal society results from the widening of the organic operation of this principle from the individual man to small groups of meri, and finally to mankind as a whole.
Meri grew up in polygamy and chose it for herself as an adult.
Kody married his first wife, Meri, when they were in their early twenties.
Although the family is certainly large, with 13 children between the women, first wife Meri only has one child with Kody.
Meri has one teenage daughter with Kody, doesn't want any more, and at one point claimed to only stay in the marriage for her daughter's sake.
