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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 1 Jun 2022 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No one in a civilized nation should be denied a vote except through their own fault No one in a civilized nation should bedenied a vote except through their ownfault JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: Who gets into a country is legitimately for its people to decide, and a democracy should enforce the decision they make. — tap to centre the map on it Who gets into a country islegitimately for its people todecide, and a democracy shouldenforce the decision they make. Last stated 2 years ago 28 Oct 2024 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2024-10-28 — 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: No one can be forced against their will into acting against their conscience — tap to centre the map on it No one can be forced against theirwill into acting against theirconscience LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one should be expected to distort the main lines of their life for the sake of another person — tap to centre the map on it No one should be expected to distortthe main lines of their life for thesake of another person BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Who gets into a country is legitimately for its people to decide, and a democracy should enforce the decision they make — tap to centre the map on it Who gets into a country islegitimately for its people todecide, and a democracy shouldenforce the decision they make Last stated 2 years ago 26 Feb 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-02-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one can be forced or legislated into blessedness; it needs education and free individual judgment — tap to centre the map on it No one can be forced or legislatedinto blessedness; it needs educationand free individual judgment BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whatever is lawful in ordinary life should not be forbidden to a religious group in worship — tap to centre the map on it Whatever is lawful in ordinary lifeshould not be forbidden to areligious group in worship JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: A vote is a public duty, like a juror's verdict, not a personal option — tap to centre the map on it A vote is a public duty, like ajuror's verdict, not a personaloption JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — 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 Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — 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 one in a civilized nation should be denied a vote except through their own fault Last stated c. 1861 Holds John Stuart Mill Read this korrent →