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    The logical structure of the supporting argument conflate... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The federal center must hold sufficient powers to ensure the full benefits of union.

    The logical structure of the supporting argument conflates a necessary condition for one benefit of union with sufficient justification for a general grant of central power.

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    • 1.Necessary conditions are often wrongly treated as sufficient to justify broader institutional powers than they actually warrant.
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    • 2.Just because union requires some central authority doesn't mean it requires the *degree* of central power actually claimed.
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    • 3.The logical fallacy here mirrors how 'we need government' becomes justification for unlimited government expansion.
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    • 1.Some necessary conditions genuinely do justify broad powers; preventing interstate war requires substantial federal military authority.
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    • 2.The distinction between necessary and sufficient conditions may oversimplify how institutional design actually works in practice.
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    • 3.Without showing which specific powers are unjustified, calling out the logical form doesn't defeat the substantive case for centralization.
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