# Revolution

`kaal:entity:revolution`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `revolution`. 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 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782192-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-005) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- If a hierarchy becomes too rigid the organization inevitably fails and the result is a return to chaos, which is why revolutions recur as a cyclic pattern in governmental structures throughout history.
  > If the hierarchy is too rigid, the organi- zation inevitably fails, and the result is a return to chaos.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3782193-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-015) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Centralized hierarchies have at best always failed after a few centuries and usually much sooner, and the resulting chaos leaves fertile ground for reorganizing the old order, which is what the cyclical word revolution names.
  > At best, however, the hierar- chy has always failed after a few centuries, usually much sooner, and the resulting chaos leaves fertile ground for reorganizing the old order.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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