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    Civil society's particular interests are systematically m... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The state functions as a class state serving the rich and propertied.

    Civil society's particular interests are systematically mediated and corrected by state institutions representing the universal will.

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    • 1.Market failures and collective action problems show individual interests alone cannot optimize public welfare without institutional coordination.
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    • 2.Democratic state institutions embody procedural legitimacy that allows particular interests to be evaluated against broader social consequences.
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    • 3.History shows unmediated factional competition produces instability; institutional frameworks channel conflict toward mutually acceptable outcomes.
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    • 1.State institutions are captured by dominant interests; they mediate particular interests upward, not correct them toward universality.
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    • 2.No state can access a genuinely 'universal will'—it imposes one group's values on others while falsely claiming to represent everyone.
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    • 3.Civil society's autonomous mediating power (NGOs, unions, families) is suppressed when state monopolizes the role of interest arbitration.
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