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The Davies J-Curve presumes that as long as a
person's expectations (job, house, car, etc.)
parallel reality everything is fine. But when reality
begins to drift away from what is "expected" at
some point there is the "unacceptable gap" at
which the stage for social resistance, or revolution,
is met. Consider the "Arab Spring,"

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  • 1. The Davies J-Curve presumes that as long as a person's expectations (job, house, car, etc.) parallel reality everything is fine. But when reality begins to drift away from what is "expected" at some point there is the "unacceptable gap" at which the stage for social resistance, or revolution, is met. Consider the "Arab Spring,"