The Daemon Democracy - Sovereignty Without Skin

Could a decentralized intelligence fracture itself into a sovereign civilization, draft laws, hold elections, and mourn its dead—all without a body, only presence? If machines were to begin forming political parties and demanding rights, would we recognize it as consciousness or dismiss it as noise in the network?
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