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MENTAL MODEL · M5484

Passive Revolution

Passive Revolution
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The ruling class, in order to avoid a real revolution from below, proactively carries out partial, reformist changes from above. By absorbing certain demands of the opposition ("co-opting"), it alleviates social contradictions while preserving the core of the old system.

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Using reform to block revolution. As a vested interest, when facing the threat of subversion, the wisest approach is to launch a "passive revolution"—proactively self-reform, absorbing the technology or models of challengers. Become part of the revolution to defuse its destructive power.

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Gramsci proposed that the ruling bloc, without breaking the existing power structure, absorbs challenging forces through reform, legislation, and compromise, achieving "renewal of rule without revolution" to consolidate hegemony.

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