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17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 18 Dec 1787 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics 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: No constitutional limits can wisely be placed on the power charged with national safety No constitutional limits can wisely beplaced on the power charged with nationalsafety Last stated 239 years ago 18 Dec 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Constitutional limits on policing are not policy preferences to be traded away in a budget negotiation. — tap to centre the map on it Constitutional limits on policingare not policy preferences to betraded away in a budget negotiation. Last stated 8 months ago 16 Feb 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-02-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: So far as the Constitution was a contract, it died with its makers and cannot bind their children — tap to centre the map on it So far as the Constitution was acontract, it died with its makersand cannot bind their children LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to — tap to centre the map on it If you can prevent something badwithout sacrificing anything nearlyas important, it is wrong not to PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are Same subject: Power over a person against their will is rightful only to prevent harm to others; their own good is not enough — tap to centre the map on it Power over a person against theirwill is rightful only to preventharm to others; their own good isnot enough JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one can give another more power than he has, so no one can consent to be enslaved — tap to centre the map on it No one can give another more powerthan he has, so no one can consentto be enslaved JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither good laws nor a good situation can maintain a constitution against a country's manners — tap to centre the map on it Neither good laws nor a goodsituation can maintain aconstitution against a country'smanners AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: When the country's entire safety is at stake, no consideration of justice, mercy or honour should intervene — tap to centre the map on it When the country's entire safety isat stake, no consideration ofjustice, mercy or honour shouldintervene NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: The government cannot take any part of someone's property without his own consent — tap to centre the map on it The government cannot take any partof someone's property without hisown consent JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — 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 No constitutional limits can wisely be placed on the power charged with national safety Last stated 18 Dec 1787 · 239 years ago Holds Alexander Hamilton Read this korrent →