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   "text": "Declining to adopt explicit or formal rules is itself a governance choice, and it defaults to rule by might; since might in these systems is defined by wealth, the resulting order is oligarchy.",
   "abstract": "Choosing no explicit or formal rules is still a governance choice. That choice de- faults to the prehistoric rule of might makes right. Since might is defined by wealth, they've chosen oligarchy.",
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   "text": "One token one vote on chain governance produces plutocracy: it allocates more power to holders of a significant share of supply so that majority token holders have more power than all other holders combined, reintroducing the defects of one share one vote legacy designs.",
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   "text": "A reputation-based staking system sits at the core of the UDLC DAO's internal governance precisely because it eliminates the corruptive influence of fungible tokens and plutocratic one-token-one-vote mechanics.",
   "abstract": "At the core of the UDLC DAO's internal governance lies a reputation-based staking system that eliminates the corruptive influence of fungible tokens and plutocratic one-token-one-vote mechanics.",
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