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    It is not the case that Requiring 'full knowledge' as a necessary condition systematically exempts the most powerful groups, who benefit from epistemic insulation from the harms they cause.

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    • 1.Full knowledge requirements reflect epistemic standards for justified belief, not power dynamics—applicable to any agent regardless of status.
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    • 2.Powerful groups often face *higher* scrutiny and documentation burdens; regulators impose affirmative disclosure duties specifically on them.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'knowledge is hard to obtain' with 'powerful groups are exempted'—different explanations require different solutions.
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    • 1.Powerful groups control information flows and can selectively avoid learning about harms they cause through institutional gatekeeping.
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    • 2.Lower-powered groups cannot claim ignorance about harms affecting them, creating asymmetrical accountability standards.
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    • 3.Legal and moral systems often accept willful ignorance as exculpatory when applied to elites but not marginalized populations.
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