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← Non-resistance to evil by force is what every despotism fears most

15 connected korrents · 10 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 30 Sept 2025.

Everything filed under racism racism Everything filed under gun policy gun policy Everything filed under gender equality gender equality Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Non-resistance to evil by force is what every despotism fears most Non-resistance to evil by force is whatevery despotism fears most LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one may initiate physical force against others — tap to centre the map on it No one may initiate physical forceagainst others AR Ayn Rand — holds since c. 1961–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains — tap to centre the map on it Force is uncertain, and if it failsno hope of reconciliation remains Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Racism is never defeated, only adapted: it evolves into subtler forms like mass incarceration and stop-and-frisk. — tap to centre the map on it Racism is never defeated, onlyadapted: it evolves into subtlerforms like mass incarceration andstop-and-frisk. Last stated 6 years ago 14 Jun 2020 KV Khoi Vinh — holds since 2020-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rule of custom is everywhere the standing obstacle to human progress — tap to centre the map on it The rule of custom is everywhere thestanding obstacle to human progress JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: The biggest enemies of freedom are fear and greed; make peace with the worst that can happen and there is nothing left to be afraid of. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest enemies of freedom arefear and greed; make peace with theworst that can happen and there isnothing left to be afraid of. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The evil reformers should attack is poverty, not sin, drink or ignorance — tap to centre the map on it The evil reformers should attack ispoverty, not sin, drink or ignorance GS George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly namesystematic disadvantage, not merelyprejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago 25 May 2013 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it A country is primarily for itsnative people Last stated a year ago 15 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric — tap to centre the map on it A person with influence has aresponsibility to use it againstleaders' racist, fear-provokingrhetoric Last stated 8 years ago 6 Mar 2019 TS Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A white feminist does better to ask how they have benefited from being white than to resent the label — tap to centre the map on it A white feminist does better to askhow they have benefited from beingwhite than to resent the label Last stated 9 years ago 31 Dec 2017 EW Emma Watson — holds since 2017-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being a feminist is more than a single choice; it is an ongoing interrogation of self — tap to centre the map on it Being a feminist is more than asingle choice; it is an ongoinginterrogation of self Last stated 9 years ago 31 Dec 2017 EW Emma Watson — holds since 2017-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Excluding anyone from makeup is painful; all women should be included — tap to centre the map on it Excluding anyone from makeup ispainful; all women should beincluded Last stated 9 years ago 8 Sept 2017 RI Rihanna — holds since 2017-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A national waiting period to buy an assault rifle is an acceptable sacrifice for responsible gun owners — tap to centre the map on it A national waiting period to buy anassault rifle is an acceptablesacrifice for responsible gun owners Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jun 2022 MM Matthew McConaughey — holds since 2022-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Americans agree on gun responsibility more than they disagree, and it should not be a partisan issue — tap to centre the map on it Americans agree on gunresponsibility more than theydisagree, and it should not be apartisan issue Last stated 4 years ago 7 Jun 2022 MM Matthew McConaughey — holds since 2022-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Gun responsibility differs from gun control: a duty that preserves the Second Amendment right rather than a mandate that can infringe it — tap to centre the map on it Gun responsibility differs from guncontrol: a duty that preserves theSecond Amendment right rather than amandate that can infringe it Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jun 2022 MM Matthew McConaughey — holds since 2022-06-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Non-resistance to evil by force is what every despotism fears most Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Leo Tolstoy Read this korrent →