I agree and disagree. the major decisions need to be centralized because these guys are all have a pissing contest. The rest that is decentalize is working fine. Stop the pissing contests.
Pissing contests will continue until one side gives up or gives in.
This is how most human governance systems work.
It will either be a congress with discussions and fighting and slow change or
a dictatorship with changes at the whim of a glorious leader.