# kaal:claim:3782193-036

**Claim.** Democracy itself decentralizes power, but to unify a large population holding diverse values the United States relies on rigid protocol centralization from a Rule-of-Law legal system, whose statutory clarity supplies the fairness and transparency that diverse groups require.

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

**Holds when.**

- large populations with diverse values

**Source quote.**

> Democracy itself decentralizes power. However, to bring unity to a large population with diverse values, the United States has rigid protocol-centralization from a Rule- of-Law legal system.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization* (2021), The U.S. Constitution’s dynamic hybrid solution, page 30

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

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**Topics.** decentralization, governance-design

**Keywords.** democracy, protocol-centralization, rule-of-law, value-diversity, constitutional-design

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782203-003

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