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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 1 Dec 2024 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under education education Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A state's institutions must be founded or wholly recast by a single person A state's institutions must be founded orwholly recast by a single person NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: The State's institutions are human expedients, not superior to citizens, and can be bettered — tap to centre the map on it The State's institutions are humanexpedients, not superior tocitizens, and can be bettered RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: A state that cannot change cannot preserve itself — tap to centre the map on it A state that cannot change cannotpreserve itself EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: A destroyed kingdom can never be restored, and the dead cannot be brought back to life — tap to centre the map on it A destroyed kingdom can never berestored, and the dead cannot bebrought back to life ST Sun Tzu — holds since c. 500–430 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Founding a government wholly on either numerical or proportional equality is a mistake — tap to centre the map on it Founding a government wholly oneither numerical or proportionalequality is a mistake AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The city comes before the individual, and one who needs no society is a beast or a god — tap to centre the map on it The city comes before theindividual, and one who needs nosociety is a beast or a god AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: No one can be forced or legislated into blessedness; it needs education and free individual judgment — tap to centre the map on it No one can be forced or legislatedinto blessedness; it needs educationand free individual judgment BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every citizen belongs to the state, not to any individual, and should regard the good of the whole — tap to centre the map on it Every citizen belongs to the state,not to any individual, and shouldregard the good of the whole AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Unjust laws and institutions must be reformed or abolished, however efficient they are — tap to centre the map on it Unjust laws and institutions must bereformed or abolished, howeverefficient they are JR John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — 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 ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — 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 state's institutions must be founded or wholly recast by a single person Last stated c. 1514–1519 Holds Niccolò Machiavelli Read this korrent →