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Because more powerful members of a hierarchy are better positioned to capture whatever power becomes available, power distribution in an entrenched hierarchy becomes exponential, leaving the majority with minimal power and wealth. That discontent of the majority is the first destabilizing force acting on a centralized organization.

As the hierarchy becomes more entrenched, this exponentially distributed power structure crushes those at the bottom, leaving minimal power and wealth for the vast majority of people. The discontent of the majority is the first destabilizing force of a centralized organization.

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021), Chapter 9. Historical sketches of centralization vs. decentralization, p. 2
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

• hierarchies that organize through competition
• as the hierarchy becomes entrenched over time

failuresupport: arguedfailure: Matthew principle immiserationfamily: recentralization-driftdecentralizationinstitutional-design

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