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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 6 Mar 2025 to 11 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under America America Everything filed under democracy democracy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If nobody were in want, nobody would work If nobody were in want, nobody would work BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: A guarantee that no one suffers hardship would mean a return to slavery — tap to centre the map on it A guarantee that no one suffershardship would mean a return toslavery WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich and powerful are happy only to the degree that others are deprived — tap to centre the map on it The rich and powerful are happy onlyto the degree that others aredeprived JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle toward the heights is itself enough to fill a heart; the condemned labourer must be imagined happy — tap to centre the map on it The struggle toward the heights isitself enough to fill a heart; thecondemned labourer must be imaginedhappy AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: No form of society could prevent constant misery for many, or for everyone if all were equal — tap to centre the map on it No form of society could preventconstant misery for many, or foreveryone if all were equal TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: People now hunger not for salvation but for the feeling of personal well-being — tap to centre the map on it People now hunger not for salvationbut for the feeling of personalwell-being CL Christopher Lasch — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among people who possess nothing, one may seize another's goods but cannot make them obey — tap to centre the map on it Among people who possess nothing,one may seize another's goods butcannot make them obey JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real misfortune is not inequality but dependence on others — tap to centre the map on it The real misfortune is notinequality but dependence on others VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most — tap to centre the map on it Being content with little is a greatgood, and those who least needluxury enjoy it most EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI is unlikely. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jul 2026 JH John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — 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 border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it A ballot law unfair to either raceinjures whites more lastingly thanBlack citizens BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — 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: "Super Intelligence" is being used as a signal of fealty to President Trump. — tap to centre the map on it "Super Intelligence" is being usedas a signal of fealty to PresidentTrump. Last stated 3 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-10-11 — 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
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At the centre If nobody were in want, nobody would work Last stated c. 1714–1733 Holds Bernard Mandeville Read this korrent →