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Funding was provided by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek. Research for this piece was carried out with funding from the Dutch National Science Organisation’s (NWO) Vidi project ‘Legitimacy Beyond Consent’ (Grant No. 016.164.351).

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Raekstad, P.A. The Present and Future of Political Realism. Res Publica 26, 293–297 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-019-09438-z

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