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   "text": "DAOs require values shared by their members in order to unify the membership and guarantee stability of cooperation while the structure remains decentralized.",
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   "text": "The shared values and core belief systems of members, not formal hierarchy, provide cohesion and longevity in decentralized systems, as with Wikipedia contributors united by a belief that decentralized collaboration produces superior knowledge outputs.",
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   "text": "Decentralized evolutionary and dynamic governance forms the foundation of the CHARITYxDAO community values and core beliefs, and decentralized governance is what provides cohesion and longevity in the DAO.",
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