# Member power

`kaal:entity:member-power`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `member-power`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782192-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-024) [design/argued] -- Decentralization, though it may look wastefully redundant, gives every member greater autonomous power, whereas centralization limits members' powers and reduces them to cogs in the machine.
  > Decentralization, while it may be seen as wastefully redundant, gives every member greater autonomous power. Centralization limits its members' powers, reducing them to mere cogs in the machine.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3782192-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-027) [mechanism/argued] -- Centralization is a natural state that evolves out of decentralization under competition unless it is consciously prevented by guarding members' power, while a centralized organization can always be conquered through its single point of failure at the top.
  > Centralization is a natural state that evolves from decentralization under competition if it is not consciously pre- vented by guarding members' power. It is clear how a centralized organization can be conquered—the single point of failure at the top.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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