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← Freedom is fragile; sacrificing it even temporarily betrays it

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under government government Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Freedom is fragile; sacrificing it even temporarily betrays it Freedom is fragile; sacrificing it eventemporarily betrays it GG Germaine Greer — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom is acquired by conquest, not received as a gift, and must be pursued constantly and responsibly — tap to centre the map on it Freedom is acquired by conquest, notreceived as a gift, and must bepursued constantly and responsibly PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom does not include the freedom to give up one's freedom — tap to centre the map on it Freedom does not include the freedomto give up one's freedom JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom may matter more in the small affairs of life than in great ones — tap to centre the map on it Freedom may matter more in the smallaffairs of life than in great ones AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Other, more precious freedoms can be preserved only by giving up the freedom to breed, and soon — tap to centre the map on it Other, more precious freedoms can bepreserved only by giving up thefreedom to breed, and soon Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — 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 libertyforces Britain to undermine its ownfreedom Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: English liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificed — tap to centre the map on it English liberty has been reduced tothe security of property, a selfishprinciple to which nobler ones aresacrificed Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom is hard to bear — tap to centre the map on it Freedom is hard to bear JB James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power — tap to centre the map on it Freedom is rare and delicate, andits great threat is theconcentration of power MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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
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At the centre Freedom is fragile; sacrificing it even temporarily betrays it Last stated c. 1970 Holds Germaine Greer Read this korrent →