The lesson the authors draw from Imperial China and Pharaonic Egypt is that decentralization of power and individual autonomy give long-term stability when the society also has unifying ideals it can believe in.
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The lesson of Im- perial China, and Pharaonic Egypt before it, is that decentralization of power, individ- ual autonomy, gives long-term stability when there are unifying ideals that the society can believe in.
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021), Protocol decentralization in China, p. 16 https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193 · source PDF
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
extended_bykaal:claim:3782220-001 Strong unifying values are the institution most essential to the long-term stability of a decentralized organi...
supportskaal:claim:3782192-019 The second necessity for long-term stability is that the organization hold to its ideals and transcendental va...
extended_bykaal:claim:3782220-040 Decentralized organizations are only as stable as their autonomous members' adherence to their ideals, and tha...
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