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    The procedural equality of democratic input does not neut... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Obeying the outcomes of egalitarian democratic procedures is sufficient for citizens to achieve coordination on common rules without subjection.

    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.Equal voting power cannot offset the burden of living under laws one actively opposed and helped prevent.
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    • 2.State enforcement mechanisms (fines, imprisonment, asset seizure) impose real costs on minorities regardless of procedural fairness.
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    • 3.Procedural legitimacy addresses input fairness, not whether outcomes create unjust material disparities for losers.
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    • 1.All rule systems coerce non-compliers; democracy's strength is that losers accepted the binding process beforehand.
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    • 2.Without enforcement asymmetry, law becomes advisory, eliminating the equality of protection that democratic procedures provide.
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    • 3.Focusing only on coercion at output ignores that minorities retain voice, exit, and reversibility options unavailable in non-democracies.
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