# kaal:claim:3782193-020

**Claim.** Without a transcendental spiritual or philosophical principle to unify a society, its rules erode as exceptions to the routine are discovered that improve function temporarily yet violate the founding principles of the culture, and such violations split the population.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- societies lacking a unifying transcendental principle

**Source quote.**

> With- out a transcendental spiritual/philosophical principle to unify a society, the rules erode as exceptions to the routine are found which improve function temporarily, yet violate the founding principles of the culture. Such violations split the population.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization* (2021), Political centralization in China and Europe, page 18

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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**Failure mode.** Rule erosion without unifying ideals  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** institutional-design, governance-design

**Keywords.** transcendental-values, rule-erosion, social-cohesion, institutional-decay, governance

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