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    It is not the case that Federal arrangements protect minority groups and nations from central authority by securing immunity and non-domination.

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    • 1.Federal units have historically functioned as instruments of minority oppression, as Southern U.S. states demonstrated through Jim Crow legislation.
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    • 2.Decentralized authority permits dominant local majorities to dominate sub-national minorities with less federal accountability than centralized systems provide.
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    • 3.Non-domination for some minorities thus requires centralized override of federal units, inverting the claim's core logic.
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    • 1.Pettit's republican non-domination requires institutional capacity to contest power, which smaller federal units often structurally lack against wealthier member states.
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    • 2.When federal bargains are struck between units of vastly unequal power, constitutionally encoded arrangements entrench domination rather than immunize against it.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Constitutional allocation of powers to member units protects individuals from central government overreach.
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    • 2.Interlocking arrangements provide member units with influence on central decisions.
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    • 3.Member units can check central authorities and prevent action contrary to the will of minorities.
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