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    It is not the case that Electoral democracies with robust constitutional rights and independent judiciaries have historically constrained concentrated economic power without structural economic transformation.

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    • 1.Wealth inequality has grown significantly in wealthy democracies despite constitutional protections, suggesting institutional constraints proved insufficient.
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    • 2.Campaign finance, lobbying access, and regulatory capture allow economic elites to shape democratic institutions, undermining genuine constraint mechanisms.
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    • 3.Constraints without structural change leave exploitation and accumulation mechanisms intact, merely managing rather than resolving concentrated power.
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    • 1.Antitrust enforcement, progressive taxation, and labor protections in democracies like post-war US/Europe reduced wealth concentration without abolishing capitalism.
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    • 2.Independent courts have blocked monopolistic practices and enforced rights against state-corporate collusion, preventing power consolidation.
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    • 3.Electoral competition incentivizes parties to address economic grievances through regulation rather than systemic overhaul, achieving pragmatic constraint.
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