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    Challenges→Radical democracy requires rejecting Western liberal democratic institutions such as parliaments and constitutions.

    Frank Michelman and Jürgen Habermas demonstrate that constitutional self-governance contains internal democratic resources that exceed and can challenge capitalist presuppositions.

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    Capitalist presuppositions(as assumptions the statement suggests democracy can challenge)
    Underlying assumptions of capitalism—like the idea that markets should control most decisions, or that profit-seeking is the main goal of society—that are often taken for granted.
    Constitutional self-governance(as the core concept being discussed)
    A system where people govern themselves through a written constitution that establishes rules, rights, and procedures they collectively agree to follow.
    Democratic resources(as potential powers within constitutional systems)
    Tools, practices, or capacities that enable people to participate in making decisions about their society (like voting, public debate, or legal rights).
    Frank Michelman(as a contemporary philosopher of law and democracy)
    An American legal scholar who studies how constitutional law and democracy work together, particularly focusing on how ordinary people can participate in governing themselves through legal systems.

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    Jürgen Habermas(as a key thinker on democracy and institutions)
    A German philosopher who studied how people communicate and make decisions together in society, especially about what makes a government or institution actually legitimate and trustworthy.
    exceed(used here to mean ideas that go beyond what actually exists)
    To go beyond or surpass the limits of something.

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