# kaal:claim:3782191-002

**Claim.** Centralized organization of society has reached its limitations, evidenced by weakening public sector legitimacy, economic decline, disillusionment with existing institutions, inadequate response to geopolitical problems, and pressure on overly centralized systems.

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

**Holds when.**

- contemporary global economic and political systems

**Source quote.**

> Other indicators suggest that centralized organization of society has in many ways reached limitations: the general weakening legitimacy of the public sector; increas- ing economic decline; disillusionment with existing business, political, and social in- stitutions

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), What is decentralization? A lawyer's perspective from Wulf Kaal, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191

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**Failure mode.** limits-of-centralized-society  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** centralization, institutional-decline, legitimacy, limits-of-centralization

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