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    Habermas argues legitimate democratic governance requires... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The neo-liberal account of democracy fails to adequately address threats to democratic self-governance.

    Habermas argues legitimate democratic governance requires a public sphere insulated from both state coercion and market colonization.

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    • 1.Citizens need spaces free from immediate coercion and profit motives to develop authentic preferences and deliberate rationally.
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    • 2.Market logic reduces complex social questions to consumer preferences, preventing collective reasoning about shared values.
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    • 3.State power unchecked by independent public discourse inevitably produces unaccountable authority and democratic collapse.
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    • 1.Perfect insulation is impossible; public spheres are always embedded in material conditions shaped by markets and state institutions.
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    • 2.Market mechanisms (pricing, competition) often reveal preferences more accurately than deliberative forums prone to rhetoric and groupthink.
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    • 3.Insulation creates elite-controlled discussion spaces excluding ordinary people whose survival depends on market and state engagement.
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