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    It is not the case that Sustained, effective exercise of power over time generates legitimate expectations of authority that cannot be dismissed as mere fact.

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    • 1.Effectiveness at exercising power proves capacity to coerce, not moral right to rule—these are categorically distinct properties.
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    • 2.Legitimacy requires justification independent of power itself; basing it on power's longevity creates circular reasoning about authority.
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    • 3.Entrenched unjust regimes generate expectations precisely because they're effective; treating these as legitimacy-conferring abandons normative standards.
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    • 1.Stable social order requires citizens to recognize authority as legitimate, not merely as coercive force they reluctantly obey.
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    • 2.When power operates effectively over sustained periods, subjects develop reasonable reliance interests in its continued governance structures.
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    • 3.Legitimacy cannot be purely voluntary consent-based; it includes justified expectations formed through reliable patterns of rule.
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