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Read this korrent: Communism is opposed to the free exercise of human faculties
Communism is opposed to the free exercise of human faculties
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Communist aims can be reached only by forcibly overthrowing all existing social conditions — tap to centre the map on it
Communist aims can be reached only by forcibly overthrowing all existing social conditions
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Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Workers have no country, so communists cannot take one from them — tap to centre the map on it
Workers have no country, so communists cannot take one from them
KM
Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Utopian attitude is opposed to reasonableness — tap to centre the map on it
The Utopian attitude is opposed to reasonableness
KP
Karl Popper — holds since c. 1963–1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anarchy and communism lead to each other as expressions of the pursuit of equality — tap to centre the map on it
Anarchy and communism lead to each other as expressions of the pursuit of equality
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Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acting against one another, including being vexed and turning away, is contrary to nature — tap to centre the map on it
Acting against one another, including being vexed and turning away, is contrary to nature
MA
Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity — tap to centre the map on it
Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Arguing against American liberty forces Britain to undermine its own freedom — tap to centre the map on it
Arguing against American liberty forces Britain to undermine its own freedom
Last stated 252 years ago
22 Mar 1775
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Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some European leftists oppose comforts like air conditioning on political grounds, in effect favoring hardship over comfort. — tap to centre the map on it
Some European leftists oppose comforts like air conditioning on political grounds, in effect favoring hardship over comfort.
Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
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Josh Barro — holds since 2026-06-28 — 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 raise overall fuel prices and damage America'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 is more likely to raise prices than lower 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 policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made 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 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 improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
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 justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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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 is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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