Revolution happens when state barriers to pressure are removed, not blocked.

Evidence

Revolutions thus occur when obstacles to strong pressures are unblocked; they are not, as typical contingency theorists believe, the very result of blockage. Hence the assertion in our explanation-sketches: for inherency theory, the pivotal problem is what prevents extreme conflict from taking place; in contingency theory, the issue is what causes it at all. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4306

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Tocqueville’s claim (quoted nearby at 4337) that revolt comes when a bad government reforms, i.e. when the load lightens. — connects to: Revolutions happen when obstacles to pressure are removed, not when they are created. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4306; Revolutions happen when governmental weakness unblocks pressures, not when they are blocked; A state can defuse revolution by restraining provocation and waiting out empty rhetoric. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Revolutions happen when governmental weakness unblocks pressures, not when they are blocked #corroborates (0.98)
• Revolutions happen when obstacles to pressure are removed, not when they are created. #corroborates (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4306
• A state can defuse revolution by restraining provocation and waiting out empty rhetoric. #contradicts (0.80)