As much as humans desire centralization, the universe seems to care almost not at all. Thermodynamics likes decentralization. Hard to fight.
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Over the long term, it looks like a metabolic-catabolic cycle. That's certainly what the Chinese think. Empires don't grow to the sky.
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Decentralisation happens, and will happen, no question. But it happens because the centre dies (like the USSR did).
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It didn't die because anyone believed in decentralisation. It's nearer the truth that it died because people believed in centralisation.
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