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17 connected korrents · 6 moments from 1 Jun 2022 to 19 Jun 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Justice is relative to social meanings Justice is relative to social meanings MW Michael Walzer — holds since c. 1983 — tap for who they are Same subject: Justice is exchange and reprisal between parties of roughly equal power — tap to centre the map on it Justice is exchange and reprisalbetween parties of roughly equalpower FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: Equality is a moral principle about individuals, not a claim that groups are interchangeable — tap to centre the map on it Equality is a moral principle aboutindividuals, not a claim that groupsare interchangeable SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance — tap to centre the map on it The principles of justice are chosenbehind a veil of ignorance JR John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — tap for who they are Same subject: Social justice is intrinsically unjust, because the state can only fund it by collecting taxes coercively. — tap to centre the map on it Social justice is intrinsicallyunjust, because the state can onlyfund it by collecting taxescoercively. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 JM Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Truth and justice are the youngest and least widespread features of human society — tap to centre the map on it Truth and justice are the youngestand least widespread features ofhuman society MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: In judging a society, every consideration is subordinate to the relative amount of human happiness — tap to centre the map on it In judging a society, everyconsideration is subordinate to therelative amount of human happiness HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws — tap to centre the map on it People have a moral responsibilityto disobey unjust laws MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doing justice to a microbe needs detachment from being human, but doing justice to people does not — tap to centre the map on it Doing justice to a microbe needsdetachment from being human, butdoing justice to people does not GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1905 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — 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 Justice is relative to social meanings Last stated c. 1983 Holds Michael Walzer Read this korrent →