Note 128 — Part III GROUP ORGANIZATION DEMOCRACY’S METHOD (continued 3)

One of the pluralists says, “I cannot see that ... sovereignty is the unique property of any one association.” No, not sovereignty over “others,” but sovereignty always belongs to any genuine group; as groups join to form another real group, the sovereignty of the more inclusive group is evolved—that is the only kind of state sovereignty which we can recognize as legitimate. (See ch. XXIX on “Political Pluralism and Sovereignty.”)