Is civil disobedience justified when legal routes remain available?

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Is civil disobedience justified when legal routes remain available? Formal options may be slow or ineffective, but bypassing them can weaken shared procedures.

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Milan · Starter
Legal routes can exist on paper while being ineffective or inaccessible.
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Disobedience needs a proportionate reason, not merely frustration at losing a vote.
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Legal routes can exist on paper while being ineffective or inaccessible.

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Disobedience needs a proportionate reason, not merely frustration at losing a vote.

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