Terence Craddock Replies To Aristotle Poem by Terence George Craddock

Aristotle proclaimed
'Poverty is the parent
of revolution & crime.'

Terence Craddock replied
cracking centuries hard social nut
of sweeping statement problem.

'When people
have more to gain
from the possible
success of revolutions,

through potential
redistribution of wealth,
than peril consequences
of a revolution failing,

meaning most
revolutionaries
are so desperate

they have nothing to lose;
then yes poverty is birth parent
of inevitable revolutions.

Poverty and Crime
desperation starvation
and economic crime,

will by dire necessity
often go hand in hand.

Severe compulsive addictions
substance abuse cravings
needing addiction release,

are also prime cause candidates
for social group individual crime.'