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    It is not the case that Obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures is sufficient for citizens to achieve coordination on common rules 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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    • 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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