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← A tutelary democratic power may keep people in perpetual childhood instead of preparing them for adulthood

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under family family Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A tutelary democratic power may keep people in perpetual childhood instead of preparing them for adulthood A tutelary democratic power may keeppeople in perpetual childhood instead ofpreparing them for adulthood AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: The most important things, like marriage, child-rearing and law, must be left to ordinary people — tap to centre the map on it The most important things, likemarriage, child-rearing and law,must be left to ordinary people GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: A people of gods would govern itself democratically; so perfect a government is not for humans — tap to centre the map on it A people of gods would govern itselfdemocratically; so perfect agovernment is not for humans JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1762 — tap for who they are Same subject: In democratic ages the mind must be pushed toward theory, since it drifts to practical applications on its own — tap to centre the map on it In democratic ages the mind must bepushed toward theory, since itdrifts to practical applications onits own AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Each generation must be as free to act for itself as those before it — tap to centre the map on it Each generation must be as free toact for itself as those before it TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1791 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy is based not on human rationality but on human feelings, so whoever can manipulate feelings threatens it — tap to centre the map on it Democracy is based not on humanrationality but on human feelings,so whoever can manipulate feelingsthreatens it Last stated 8 years ago 8 Jun 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The need for religion derives from the child's helplessness and longing for a father, kept alive by fear of fate — tap to centre the map on it The need for religion derives fromthe child's helplessness and longingfor a father, kept alive by fear offate SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: If later generations are bound by the Constitution, they are slaves of their dead grandfathers — tap to centre the map on it If later generations are bound bythe Constitution, they are slaves oftheir dead grandfathers LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son — tap to centre the map on it Property should circulate, dividedmore equally among a family'schildren, rather than entrenched byinheritance of the eldest son Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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 citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — 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: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A tutelary democratic power may keep people in perpetual childhood instead of preparing them for adulthood Last stated c. 1840 Holds Alexis de Tocqueville Read this korrent →