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    It is not the case that Importing psychological integrity into democratic theory conflates the social question with the political question, which Arendt warns distorts and ultimately destroys genuine political freedom.

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    • 1.Citizens unable to participate due to psychological suffering (trauma, severe anxiety) cannot exercise political freedom regardless of theoretical distinctions.
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    • 2.The social-political divide is conceptually unstable; psychological safety conditions enable rather than obstruct genuine deliberative freedom.
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    • 3.Arendt's framework, developed in post-war context, may not address how marginalized groups require psychological recognition to access political spaces equally.
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    • 1.Political action requires distinction from social welfare concerns; conflating them subordinates freedom to therapeutic or psychological goals.
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    • 2.Arendt's distinction preserves space for collective deliberation free from individual psychological needs determining policy outcomes.
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    • 3.When democracies prioritize citizens' psychological integrity, they risk paternalistic intervention justified by therapeutic necessity rather than consent.
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