# kaal:claim:3808852-040

**Claim.** Because social media can move knowledge and views from the edges of society into the mainstream very quickly, this transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.

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

**Source quote.**

> Similarly, knowledge and views from the edges of society can be moved into societal mainstream very quickly via social media. This transfer can remove existing societal consensus, social cohesion among established groups, and order in the process.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization and Feedback Effects* (2021), VI. Societal Decentralization, page 25

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

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**Failure mode.** erosion of societal consensus and cohesion  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** social-media, social-cohesion, societal-consensus, destabilization

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