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    It is not the case that Global democracy is required to solve collective action problems such as climate change.

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    • 1.Effective climate governance requires rapid, technically expert decision-making that majoritarian democratic processes systematically impede.
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    • 2.Epistocratic or technocratic bodies like the IPCC demonstrate greater capacity to generate enforceable climate commitments than democratic assemblies.
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    • 3.Grounding authority in expertise rather than popular participation better satisfies the Weberian condition of legitimate rational-legal governance for complex global risks.
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    • 1.Compliance with international climate agreements historically correlates with state interest alignment, not participatory legitimacy, as Mearsheimer's institutional critique demonstrates.
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    • 2.The Montreal Protocol achieved near-universal compliance through strategic incentive design without any democratic mandate from affected global populations.
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    • 1.Solving collective action problems requires compliance with international rules.
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    • 2.Individuals are more likely to comply with agreements they participated in forming.
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    • 3.Global democracy gives individuals participation in the formation of international law.
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