# kaal:claim:3709041-006

**Claim.** The centuries long tension between socialist and capitalist principles for organizing society has itself undermined societal goals for the betterment of humanity, because society forms power structures and political hierarchies that serve the competing ideologies.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> The tension between socialist principles for the organization of society and capitalistic principles for the organization of society has undermined societal goals for the betterment of humanity for centuries.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), II.1 Transcending Socialism and Capitalism, page 9

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

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**Failure mode.** ideological deadlock between capitalism and socialism  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** capitalism, socialism, ideology, societal-organization

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