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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 27 Oct 1787 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A right of the people to replace legislators who break their trust is the best safeguard against rebellion A right of the people to replacelegislators who break their trust is thebest safeguard against rebellion JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Legislators who seek absolute power over people's lives, liberties and estates forfeit their power to the people — tap to centre the map on it Legislators who seek absolute powerover people's lives, liberties andestates forfeit their power to thepeople JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people should judge whether a ruler has acted contrary to their trust — tap to centre the map on it The people should judge whether aruler has acted contrary to theirtrust JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: People chose rulers to defend their liberty, not to be enslaved by them — tap to centre the map on it People chose rulers to defend theirliberty, not to be enslaved by them JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: Laws in every government should restrain people by hope of a desired good rather than by fear — tap to centre the map on it Laws in every government shouldrestrain people by hope of a desiredgood rather than by fear BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Laws should secure people's safety and property, not the truth of opinions — tap to centre the map on it Laws should secure people's safetyand property, not the truth ofopinions JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: Oppose church lawmakers, but keep their rules alongside the weak so as not to offend them — tap to centre the map on it Oppose church lawmakers, but keeptheir rules alongside the weak so asnot to offend them ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty — tap to centre the map on it The vigor of government is essentialto the security of liberty Last stated 239 years ago 27 Oct 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. Last stated 2 years ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: During post-2008 fiscal consolidation, the costs of high public debt were overestimated and fiscal multipliers were underestimated, understating the output costs of austerity. — tap to centre the map on it During post-2008 fiscalconsolidation, the costs of highpublic debt were overestimated andfiscal multipliers wereunderestimated, understating theoutput costs of austerity. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A corrupt, partisan majority on the Supreme Court has given Trump a huge amount of untrammeled power. — tap to centre the map on it A corrupt, partisan majority on theSupreme Court has given Trump a hugeamount of untrammeled power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A right of the people to replace legislators who break their trust is the best safeguard against rebellion Last stated c. 1689–1690 Holds John Locke Read this korrent →