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    Democratic self-determination requires the possibility of... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A single world-wide republic of united individuals should be established, replacing all existing states.

    Democratic self-determination requires the possibility of collective exit and revision, which a single world republic structurally forecloses.

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    • 1.Political legitimacy requires citizens can exit or revise governing structures; a world republic eliminates this exit option entirely.
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    • 2.Diverse populations with conflicting values need ability to experiment with different systems; monopoly governance forecloses this experimentation.
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    • 3.Historical tyrannies became entrenched partly because subjects lacked institutional exit; global consolidation recreates this structural vulnerability.
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    • 1.Exit and revision can occur within federal structures; world republics needn't eliminate subsidiarity, local autonomy, or constitutional amendment processes.
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    • 2.Current fragmentation enables exit but also prevents coordinated solutions to global problems (climate, pandemics); some legitimacy loss may be justified.
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    • 3.Meaningful exit rarely exists in practice (migration costs, brain drain effects); the theoretical possibility matters less than institutional design's actual responsiveness.
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