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    It is not the case that If national identity constitutes a morally significant form of collective agency, then conditioning its political expression on demonstrated victimhood mischaracterizes the normative basis of national self-determination entirely.

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    • 1.Victimhood conditions don't deny agency itself, but rather distinguish legitimate from illegitimate uses of collective power historically.
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    • 2.National identity claims often mask domination; requiring evidence of prior victimization prevents majoritarian groups from erasing minorities.
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    • 3.Pure identity-based agency without constraints enables irredentism and ethnic nationalism that harms non-members of the claimed collective.
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    • 1.Collective agency derives from shared identity and values, not from historical grievances or comparative suffering among groups.
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    • 2.Self-determination claims grounded in victimhood require external validation, undermining the autonomy that defines genuine agency.
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    • 3.Nations with secure identities but no recent trauma possess equal moral standing to exercise political self-expression as those with documented harms.
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