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← National festivals and monuments are used to breed antagonism and hatred for other nations

16 connected korrents · 10 moments from 7 Nov 1787 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under government government Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under empathy empathy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: National festivals and monuments are used to breed antagonism and hatred for other nations National festivals and monuments are usedto breed antagonism and hatred for othernations LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Patriotism is an artificial superstition sustained by lies that breeds arrogance — tap to centre the map on it Patriotism is an artificialsuperstition sustained by lies thatbreeds arrogance EG Emma Goldman — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse — tap to centre the map on it Superstition is a great enemy ofhumankind, but bigotry is worse Last stated 133 years ago 19 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty, and enthusiasm a friend to it — tap to centre the map on it Superstition is an enemy to civilliberty, and enthusiasm a friend toit DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nations generally go to war whenever they expect to gain by it — tap to centre the map on it Nations generally go to war wheneverthey expect to gain by it Last stated 239 years ago 7 Nov 1787 JJ John Jay — holds since 1787-11-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Right reason requires opposing unnecessary mass processions and meetings that risk disorder — tap to centre the map on it Right reason requires opposingunnecessary mass processions andmeetings that risk disorder MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once sympathy reaches the whole nation, only an artificial barrier keeps it from all races — tap to centre the map on it Once sympathy reaches the wholenation, only an artificial barrierkeeps it from all races CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of Satanic symbolism in policymakers predicts poor judgment on Middle East policy. — tap to centre the map on it Fear of Satanic symbolism inpolicymakers predicts poor judgmenton Middle East policy. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-19 — 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 democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it A democracy should never let all itsinformation concentrate in one hub,government or corporate YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great danger of democracy is class legislation serving the dominant class — tap to centre the map on it A great danger of democracy is classlegislation serving the dominantclass JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pure democracy can offer no cure for the harms of faction — tap to centre the map on it A pure democracy can offer no curefor the harms of faction Last stated 239 years ago 22 Nov 1787 JM James Madison — holds since 1787-11-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A conspiracy theory can be used as apretext to dismantle governmentprograms and target researchers andcitizens. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 AA Anne Applebaum — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing. — tap to centre the map on it A federal officer can violate theFourth Amendment and the victimstill have no way to sue, becausethe Bivens remedy has been cut backto almost nothing. Last stated 9 months ago 22 Jan 2026 OK Orin Kerr — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat. — tap to centre the map on it A threat loses First Amendmentprotection only if the speaker wasat least reckless about it beingtaken as a threat. Last stated 3 years ago 27 Jun 2023 KW Ken White — holds since 2023-06-27 — tap for who they are
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At the centre National festivals and monuments are used to breed antagonism and hatred for other nations Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Leo Tolstoy Read this korrent →