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    It is not the case that A person who consents to the creation of a political society necessarily consents to the use of majority rule in organizing that political society.

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    • 1.Consent to political society presupposes only that some legitimate decision procedure exist, not any particular one such as majority rule.
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    • 2.Locke himself acknowledged that unanimous consent grounds the social compact, making majority rule a subsequent practical convention, not a logical entailment of initial consent.
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    • 3.A person can coherently consent to society while reserving judgment on which decision rule best protects the natural rights that motivated their consent in the first place.
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    • 1.Condorcet's paradox demonstrates that majority rule can produce cyclical, intransitive outcomes, undermining its claim to be the uniquely rational decision procedure for collective choice.
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    • 2.If majority rule is not uniquely rational or necessary, then P2 of the supporting argument fails, severing the logical bridge between consenting to society and consenting to majoritarian governance.
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    • 1.Consenting to the creation of a political society implies acceptance of the decision procedures required for that society to function.
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    • 2.Majority rule is the natural and necessary decision rule for a political society facing disagreement.
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