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    It is not the case that A demos systematically deceived by coordinated propaganda cannot exercise rational self-governance, undermining democratic legitimacy itself.

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    • 1.No historical demos had perfect information; democracy survived by enabling course-correction through repeated elections and debate.
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    • 2.Declaring a demos 'systematically deceived' grants unelected arbiters power to invalidate outcomes—a threat to democracy itself.
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    • 3.Citizens demonstrate resilience against propaganda through competing media, counter-speech, and selective belief-updating over time.
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    • 1.Rational self-governance requires voters have access to accurate information about policy consequences and candidate records.
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    • 2.Coordinated propaganda systematically obscures truth, making informed preference-formation impossible at scale.
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    • 3.When legitimacy derives from consent of the governed, consent given under epistemic manipulation lacks moral authority.
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