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← In great towns the war of each against all is open, and the strong trample the weak

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: In great towns the war of each against all is open, and the strong trample the weak In great towns the war of each against allis open, and the strong trample the weak FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without a common power to keep them in awe, people are in a state of war of everyone against everyone — tap to centre the map on it Without a common power to keep themin awe, people are in a state of warof everyone against everyone TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who hold all property in common quarrel more than those who own it separately — tap to centre the map on it People who hold all property incommon quarrel more than those whoown it separately AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle — tap to centre the map on it The war of each against all is notthe law of nature; mutual aid is asmuch a law of nature as mutualstruggle PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Great capitalists are enemies of property, not its defenders — tap to centre the map on it Great capitalists are enemies ofproperty, not its defenders GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sociability is so inherent in human nature that no period of history shows people living as isolated families fighting for subsistence — tap to centre the map on it Sociability is so inherent in humannature that no period of historyshows people living as isolatedfamilies fighting for subsistence PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — 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 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 In great towns the war of each against all is open, and the strong trample the weak Last stated c. 1845 Holds Friedrich Engels Read this korrent →