# kaal:claim:3782192-005

**Claim.** If a hierarchy becomes too rigid the organization inevitably fails and the result is a return to chaos, which is why revolutions recur as a cyclic pattern in governmental structures throughout history.

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

**Holds when.**

- hierarchies that cannot bend or rearrange their order

**Source quote.**

> If the hierarchy is too rigid, the organi- zation inevitably fails, and the result is a return to chaos.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Overview & Introduction: The process of organizational development, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7eafd56cb8a8bd15b64cf58216bb655f939bdcc296387e362fd9191976d67ae` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Decentralization.pdf

**Failure mode.** Rigidity-induced collapse into chaos  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** hierarchy, rigidity, revolution, institutional-collapse

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