Verify Citation - 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets

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Query: 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets

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Aristotle agreed (Politics II.6 at 1265b): “poverty produces faction and crime.” He concluded (VI.5 at 1320a) that “the duty of a true democrat is to see that the population is not destitute,” for this corrupts democracy.

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