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Read this korrent: Not every market system is inherently violent
Not every market system is inherently violent
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Naomi Klein — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are
Same subject: States are not inherently aggressive; anarchy leaves them no choice but to behave aggressively. — tap to centre the map on it
States are not inherently aggressive; anarchy leaves them no choice but to behave aggressively.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Nov 2023
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John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market economy is possible without brutality or ideological purity — tap to centre the map on it
A market economy is possible without brutality or ideological purity
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Naomi Klein — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In markets you need aggression to make money and defense to keep it — tap to centre the map on it
In markets you need aggression to make money and defense to keep it
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Ray Dalio — holds since c. 2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The market's worst pathologies come from market exchange combined with gross inequality, not from markets as such. — tap to centre the map on it
The market's worst pathologies come from market exchange combined with gross inequality, not from markets as such.
Last stated 14 years ago
30 May 2012
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Cosma Rohilla Shalizi — holds since 2012-05-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
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Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be governed the way societies govern violence, not like a private industry or a public utility. — tap to centre the map on it
AI should be governed the way societies govern violence, not like a private industry or a public utility.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Elliot Ackerman — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market can degrade into something nobody wants even when every participant acts reasonably and no one is evil or stupid. — tap to centre the map on it
A market can degrade into something nobody wants even when every participant acts reasonably and no one is evil or stupid.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
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Frank Chimero — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market economy rewards putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward. — tap to centre the map on it
A market economy rewards putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Dec 2023
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated a year ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. — tap to centre the map on it
9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Last stated 3 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A price cap on Russian oil can reduce Russian oil revenue even with limited compliance, by strengthening buyers' bargaining position. — tap to centre the map on it
A price cap on Russian oil can reduce Russian oil revenue even with limited compliance, by strengthening buyers' bargaining position.
Last stated 4 years ago
11 Oct 2022
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Simon Johnson — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it
A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it
Last stated 3 years ago
12 Oct 2023
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Last stated 3 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it
A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done.
Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
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