1. People from all social classes
are discontented.
2. People feel restless and
held down by unacceptable restrictions in
society, religion, the economy or
the
government.
3. People are hopeful about
the future, but they are being forced to
accept less than they had hoped
for.
4. People are beginning to think
of themselves as belonging to a social class,
and there is a growing
bitterness
between social classes.
5. The social classes closest
to one another are the most hostile.
6. The scholars and thinkers
give up on the way their society operates.
7. The government does not respond
to the needs of its society.
8. The leaders of the government
and the ruling class begin to doubt themselves.
Some join with the
opposition
groups.
9. The government is unable
to get enough support from any group to save
itself.
10. The government cannot organize
its finances correctly and is either going
bankrupt or trying to tax
heavily
and unjustly.
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