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    Western liberal democratic institutions rely on individua... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Radical democracy requires rejecting Western liberal democratic institutions such as parliaments and constitutions.

    Western liberal democratic institutions rely on individualism and capitalism.

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    The institutional design of radical democracy is, almost by definition, underspecified. Proponents argue against the existing global system in which sovereignty has been eclipsed by empire: the subservience of politics to capitalism. It is therefore up to collectives to overhaul current arrangements and establish new forms of governance, the design of which can only emerge through the process of reconstruction itself. Both Chantal Mouffe (2009) and Jan Aart Scholte (2014) are clear that radical

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