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    Obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures... — Carmelics
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    Obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures is sufficient for citizens to achieve coordination on common rules without subjection.

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    • 1.Democratic procedures distribute decision-making power equally among citizens.
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    • 2.When decision-making power is distributed equally, coordination is not determined by unequal power advantages.
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    • 3.Coordination not determined by unequal power advantages is coordination without subjection.
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    • 1.Formal procedural equality is compatible with systematic substantive domination of minorities by persistent majorities.
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    • 2.When a discrete minority is structurally outvoted on issues affecting their vital interests, they are subjected to others' will regardless of procedural equality.
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    • 3.Subjection is defined by the relationship of domination over outcomes, not by the formal distribution of votes in the procedure producing those outcomes.
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    • 1.Rousseau and Tocqueville demonstrate that democratic majorities can exercise tyranny as effectively as any monarch or oligarchy.
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    • 2.Coordination achieved through coercive enforcement of majority outcomes against dissenting minorities constitutes subjection, not its absence.
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    • 3.The procedural equality of democratic input does not neutralize the asymmetric coercive power applied at the output stage to those who lose.
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    Daniel Viehoff develops an egalitarian conception of democratic authority based on the ideal of relational equality (Viehoff 2014; see section 2.2.3 above for more on relational equality). Viehoff argues that relational equality is threatened by “subjection” in a relationship, which occurs when individuals have significantly different power over how they interact with and relate to one another. According to Viehoff, obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures is necessary and suf
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