Restricting freedom provokes the rebellion it aims to prevent

Evidence

THE MEANINGS OF FREEDOM The relatively most individual and the relatively most extensive configurations relate to one another over the head of the intermediate one, as it were. And at this point we have arrived at the basis of a fact that figures prominently in the foregoing discussion as well as in what now follows: the larger circle encourages individual freedom, the smaller one restricts it. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 642 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians; Louverture warned restrictions on freedom would provoke rebellion; State censorship produces small private gestures of rebellion (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Louverture warned restrictions on freedom would provoke rebellion #exemplifies (0.85)
• Larger social circles encourage individual freedom; smaller ones restrict it #expands (0.82) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 642
• State censorship produces small private gestures of rebellion #exemplifies (0.80)
• The threat of slave revolt forced whites to grant free-coloreds political rights #exemplifies (0.70)
• Limited maroon refuge forced would-be escapees toward direct revolution #exemplifies (0.60)