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    It is not the case that Democratic procedures in pluralist societies aggregate preferences shaped by structural inequality, advertising, and epistemic distortion rather than informed deliberation.

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    • 1.Citizens often vote against advertiser interests and media elite preferences, suggesting agency persists despite structural constraints on information.
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    • 2.The claim conflates preference *formation* with preference *aggregation*—even if preferences are shaped unfairly, democratic procedures still reflect actual citizen will.
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    • 3.Non-democratic alternatives (expert rule, authoritarianism) systematically produce worse outcomes without even the accountability mechanisms democracy provides.
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    • 1.Media ownership concentration limits information diversity, forcing citizens to choose from pre-filtered narratives controlled by few actors.
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    • 2.Advertising expenditure correlates with electoral success more strongly than policy quality, demonstrating preference manipulation over preference expression.
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    • 3.Structural inequality creates unequal access to education and time for political engagement, distorting whose preferences actually get represented.
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