{"id":995,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/equality-of-estates-caused-equality-of-power-and-equality-of-upsc-psir-2022-0408\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:13","slug":"equality-of-estates-caused-equality-of-power-and-equality-of-upsc-psir-2022-0408","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/equality-of-estates-caused-equality-of-power-and-equality-of-upsc-psir-2022-0408\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEquality of estates caused equality of power, and equality of power is liberty.\u201d 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\">R1 locate line in Harrington \u2192 property-power-liberty chain \u2192 stake: necessary, not complete R2 republican claim that economic structure underpins freedom \u2192 strong but partial<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">estates = wide diffusion of property \u2192 blocks concentration of power \u2192 dispersed power = liberty survives \u2192 gross wealth \u2192 influence \/ patronage \/ domination \u2192 Harrington verbatim \u2192 modern form: civic independence + Rawls (fair value of political liberty) \u2192 land reform \/ progressive tax \/ anti-trust as checks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">estates not sufficient (courts, free media, constitutional safeguards) \u2192 caste \/ gender \/ race hierarchies survive property reform \u2192 Hayek: forced material equality \u2192 totalitarian power<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 important but not exclusive foundation of liberty R2 economic equality one pillar; liberty rests on property and institutions together<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[49],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-995","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-equality","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/995","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\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/995\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}