{"id":1065,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:18","slug":"everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201\/","title":{"rendered":"Everywhere, inequality is a cause of revolution &#8211; Aristotle. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">GB quote = heart of Aristotle\u2019s revolution theory \u2192 revolution = any change in constitution\/rulers, big or small \u2192 root cause = injustice bred by inequality G8} revolution defined broadly \u2192 among many causes, inequality the deepest \u2192 because it breeds a sense of injustice<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Ramm proportionate justice \u2192 injustice = equals treated unequally \/ unequals treated equally \u2192 felt mis-distribution of honour, office, wealth \u2192 discontent \u2192 rebellion \u2192 inequality real or imagined \u2192 relative deprivation \u2192 perceived injustice = most combustible material \u2192 Canevaro &amp; Mantzouranis: clashing proportional-equality conceptions \u2192 roots of stasis \/ metabole \u2192 remedy: strong middle class + mixed polity \u2192 narrows gap, softens resentment<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Aristotle narrow + status-quoist (revolution only political, seeks prevention) vs Marx \u2192 revolution as structural transformation, driving force of history<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">G33 claim powerful but limited \u2192 link between inequality and instability stays sharp G23 perceived injustice, not poverty alone, is the real trigger \u2192 insight holds across regimes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1065","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1065\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}