# kaal:claim:3782220-020

**Claim.** Failing to maintain a healthy balance among the polar value pairs, one that faithfully reflects the people's own values, is what topples empires and leads to social catastrophe.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- societies over long time horizons

**Source quote.**

> Failing to maintain a healthy balance—one which faithfully reflects its peoples' values—is what topples empires and leads to so- cial catastrophe.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Integrating polar values, page 7

**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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**Failure mode.** value imbalance collapse  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** value-balance, empire-collapse, social-catastrophe, legitimacy

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