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{% hint style="warning" %} In this section, you will learn about what is Aragon, its values, finance, technical and legal infrastructure. {% endhint %}
Aragon is governed by our manifesto - a living document developed in the community and evolving with time.
Aragon is a community-driven project with the mission to empower freedom by creating tools for decentralized governance to thrive.
These tools help people to freely organize across borders and without intermediaries. Instead of bureaucracy, subjectivity, and trust, the use of smart contracts has opened the door to experiment with decentralized governance (at the speed of software).
Organizations that can be spun up instantly, that can't be shut down by governments, that are resistant to internet censorship, and that allows small groups of people to collaborate effectively.
Aragon takes care of the most important pieces of infrastructure to deliver censorship-resistant, decentralized and upgradeable apps.
Aragon is providing the lego pieces to allow people (like you) to build the next generation of human organizations.
Organizations that can be spun up instantly, that can't be shut down by governments, that are resistant to internet censorship, and that allows small groups of people to collaborate effectively.
If you're new to this ecosystem, don't worry if some (or all) of the above sounded a bit abstract. You can think of Aragon as providing the lego pieces to allow people (like you) to build the next generation of human organizations.
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