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    It is not the case that In democracy, the use of power is always an abuse of power.

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    • 1.Rousseau's general will demonstrates that sovereign power can be constituted through collective self-legislation, not external imposition.
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    • 2.When citizens author the laws they obey, power and authority are unified rather than divided, dissolving the premise that communication fragments sovereignty.
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    • 3.Democratic self-rule thus represents a form of power exercise where the governed and governing are identical, precluding structural 'abuse' by definition.
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    • 1.Habermas's discourse ethics establishes that communicative rationality generates legitimate authority rather than merely dispersing it.
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    • 2.If democratic reason-giving produces binding norms through ideal speech conditions, then exercising such power fulfills rather than violates its own normative foundation.
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    • 1.Any exercise of power requires communication and the giving of reasons to others.
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    • 2.Giving reasons to others divides and shares authority.
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    • 3.Sovereign power, by definition, must be exercised without division or sharing.
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