This is funny. You're picking examples where this no middle ground to counter an example where there is: you can have organizations that are somewhat flat with a bit of hierarchy.

Do you realize you're doing this?

Yes, that was deliberate. You objected to ethanbond's comment because you regarded it as straw man example.

I restated ethanbond's objection to show real-world examples where your statement "When people say it must all be X and not Y, you can bet that there's a sweet spot between X and Y" does not apply. Therefore, it is not a strong rule for inductive logic, which is our point.