What would our World be like without Decentralization?
Imagine humans had only one Food source.,one Water source, one Energy Source, even "fire" source is hidden from us etc.. Fortunately everything was decentralized for us without Nature assuming we would destroy ourselves even with the fire. No single entity has overall control of these things, meaning they cannot be easily taken away whenever the single entity wants.
Seems Mother Nature knowingly provides ALTERNATIVES with built-in Checks and Balances to increase our chances of survival,,
If Nature were our current human elites, it would have had Centralized Food sources, a Centralized Water source, one Energy Source etc which can all be taken away easily if it wishes.. Our secret-loving human elites just want ABSOLUTE control which is totally against Nature's or God's plan.
Remember the Story of the Tower of Babel? What were the intention of those men? To Centralize resources for building of world's tallest structure where humans will live together and reach the heavens. This would have centralised power which could eventually lead to intolerance & stagnation. He confused them, they all ran away and became decentralized again.
We Must be Wise!
Hm, on Babylon's tower I think it was more that they tried to build a tower and reach heaven, I can't really say centralisation is part of it because for any building you need to ''centralize'' resources.. and there's an abundance of it anyway so it doesn't really make sense.
I think Babylon's tower is more that of a parable teaching heaven as an experience not expressed by words. On their way in the tower to heaven everyone started to misunderstand eachother, which could refer to the many interpretations you can have on religious texts/spiritual texts or texts in general about heaven.
So they failed to build their tower and reach heaven. I think the tower is a symbol for transcendence, getting away from earth and reaching to the sky.
Since words are not transcendent by nature you can't explain heaven, getting to heaven (building the tower higher) with these words so people misunderstand eachother.
Also I can't really say I agree with your theory. As in the desert water can most often only be found in specific places and in terms of centralisation or decentralisation you'd have to say that water is centralized in location. Anyone can make use of it.. if you know where to find it that is.
Nature is a force of development. If there is such a thing as centralisation and decentralisation in nature it surely had to be both.
Balance is more a fill in the gap type of thing. ''Panta Rei'', high pressure fills out low pressure area's (weather).
If we look at nature and animal species it is as common to see a centralised government with apes and lions for example as it is to see a decentralized type of system such as penguins, fish and birds. No one takes a leading position and everyone fills in the gaps left behind by the previous and thus constantly flowing.
Penguins make large circles to centralize the heat to the middle in very harsh, cold envoirments. The group then without any leader naturally rotates this circle so every penguin can benefit from the generated heat and not die from hypothermia.
I think that sums up all the arguments I have.
