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    It is not the case that No alternative values or procedures can substitute for a demos, making global democracy conceptually incoherent rather than merely institutionally underdeveloped.

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    • 1.The demos requirement assumes nation-states are natural units, but they're historical constructs; transnational communities of interest exist empirically.
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    • 2.Scaled democratic procedures (weighted representation, subsidiarity, transparency) can distribute power democratically without requiring single unified demos.
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    • 3.Rejecting global democracy as conceptually incoherent effectively privileges national sovereignty over addressing genuinely global problems requiring coordinated solutions.
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    • 1.Democracy requires a bounded demos with shared identity, common institutions, and mutual accountability—features absent at global scale.
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    • 2.Without a demos, procedural alternatives (expertise, consensus, markets) lack democratic legitimacy because they bypass constituent authorization.
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    • 3.Historical attempts at supranational democracy (EU) reveal structural limits: citizens identify primarily with nation-states, not continental bodies.
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