# kaal:claim:3782214-003

**Claim.** Every governance process ever implemented is flawed, and no perfect governance system is possible even under very minimal assumptions such as non dictatorship; the goal must therefore be practical and effective structures rather than perfect ones.

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

**Holds when.**

- assumptions as minimal as non dictatorship

**Source quote.**

> There are flaws with every governance process that has ever been implemented. In fact, it seems clear no perfect governance system is possible under very minimal assumptions, such as non-dictatorship (cf., Chapter a).

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Chapter 6. Governance, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

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**Failure mode.** no perfect governance  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

**Topics.** governance-design, dao

**Keywords.** impossibility-results, governance-design, social-choice, dao-governance

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