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Full Idea
It is quite patently impossible for decentralisation to be initiated by the central authority.
Gist of Idea
No central authority can initiate decentralisation
Source
Simone Weil (Reflections on Liberty and Social Oppression [1934], p.113)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.113
A Reaction
This is contradicted by the creation of regional parliaments and mayors, but we see nothing beyond that. A state could crumble into small parts if there were'lots of autonomous regional groups. Easier for weird minorities to take control.
Related Idea
Idea 23870 Decentralisation is only possible by co-operation between strong and weak - which is absurd [Weil]
| 23871 | No central authority can initiate decentralisation [Weil] |
| 23870 | Decentralisation is only possible by co-operation between strong and weak - which is absurd [Weil] |
| 23861 | Marx showed that capitalist oppression, because of competition, is unstoppable [Weil] |
| 23863 | Only individual people of good will can achieve social progress [Weil] |
| 23864 | Inequality could easily be mitigated, if it were not for the struggle for power [Weil] |
| 23865 | Morality would improve if people could pursue private interests [Weil] |
| 23866 | In oppressive societies the scope of actual control is extended by a religion of power [Weil] |
| 23867 | After a bloody revolution the group which already had the power comes to the fore [Weil] |
| 23868 | The pleasure of completing tasks motivates just as well as the whip of slavery [Weil] |
| 23869 | In the least evil societies people can think, control community life, and be autonomous [Weil] |