# kaal:claim:3782220-037

**Claim.** Because a decentralized organization does not coerce its members as centralized organizations do, its power is determined by how devoted its members are to its values, and its power is its power to unite in service to the goal of shared values.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- non-coercive decentralized organizations

**Source quote.**

> The power of a DAO is its power to unite in service to the goal of shared values. In a decentralized organization, which doesn't coerce its mem- bers like centralized organizations, its power is determined by how devoted its mem- bers are to its values.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Universal values from science and poetry, page 13

**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.** dao, decentralization

**Keywords.** dao-power, member-devotion, non-coercion, shared-values, decentralization

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