# kaal:claim:3782220-018

**Claim.** A perfectly democratic society would require complete transparency even though most societies draw the line well short of it, so a DAO should specify explicitly where it places the boundary between bureaucratic transparency and secrecy.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- perfectly democratic ideal treated as the limiting case

**Source quote.**

> complete and full transparency in every governmental action, but a perfectly democratic society requires complete transparency. This is an abstraction, but a DAO should clearly specify where their values lie, and where they would draw the line between bureaucratic transparency and secrecy.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Integrating polar values, page 6

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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**Topics.** disclosure, dao

**Keywords.** transparency, democracy, dao-design, secrecy

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