French Revolution ideals gained traction only through accidental fit with bourgeois needs

Evidence

We come, finally, to a hypothesis which arises from this inquiry into the fear of equality but goes much beyond the focus of the present study. I mention it here in a speculative frame of mind, undogmatically, and even regretfully: 7. The ideals of the French Revolution, liberty and equality, have been advanced because of the accidental correspondence between these ideals and needs of the bourgeoisie for freedom of economic action and the demands of the working class, very simply, for “more.” — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2269

Categorization

• QUESTION: The paragraph cuts off mid-sentence at the chapter’s end; worth finding the continuation elsewhere in the source text to see the full argument.