Decentralization just leads to non-agreed-upon authorities taking power. There will always be a monkey or monkeys with bigger or more sticks than you, and you'

Decentralization just leads to non-agreed-upon authorities taking power. There will always be a monkey or monkeys with bigger or more sticks than you, and you'll always have something they can use more of. Until such a time that you have nothing left and are just a blight on the land they could be using for something else. There's a reason unorganized societies always collapse into trying to organize themselves.