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    Burke and Oakeshott argue that institutions embody accumu... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The institutional design of radical democracy cannot be specified in advance and must emerge through the process of reconstruction itself.

    Burke and Oakeshott argue that institutions embody accumulated practical wisdom that purely emergent reconstruction systematically destroys without replacement.

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    • 1.Institutions evolved through trial-and-error over generations, encoding solutions to coordination problems that rational design often overlooks.
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    • 2.Rapid institutional replacement creates coordination vacuums where new untested systems fail, causing real harm before adjustments occur.
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    • 3.Tacit knowledge embedded in institutional practices cannot be fully articulated or transferred, making wholesale reconstruction inherently lossy.
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    • 1.Many institutions embody entrenched interests and historical injustices rather than wisdom, making preservation itself systematically destructive.
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    • 2.Incremental reform within existing institutions often fails due to path-dependency; some problems require discontinuous change to solve.
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    • 3.The claim conflates institutional continuity with preservation of wisdom—institutions can be reformed substantially while retaining essential functions.
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