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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 23 Oct 1656 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under government government Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People cannot consent to let a ruler prescribe their faith or worship People cannot consent to let a rulerprescribe their faith or worship JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: A church whose members thereby owe service to a foreign ruler has no right to be tolerated — tap to centre the map on it A church whose members thereby oweservice to a foreign ruler has noright to be tolerated JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — 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 wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: People cannot be forced to be saved and must be left to their own consciences — tap to centre the map on it People cannot be forced to be savedand must be left to their ownconsciences JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rulers may not take life as freely as God, because though they are God's ministers they are only men — tap to centre the map on it Rulers may not take life as freelyas God, because though they areGod's ministers they are only men Last stated 370 years ago 23 Oct 1656 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1656-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religious freedom is unalienable because beliefs cannot follow other people's dictates — tap to centre the map on it Religious freedom is unalienablebecause beliefs cannot follow otherpeople's dictates JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — 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: No person, church or state has a right to take others' civil rights or goods on religious grounds — tap to centre the map on it No person, church or state has aright to take others' civil rightsor goods on religious grounds JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — 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 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 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 People cannot consent to let a ruler prescribe their faith or worship Last stated c. 1689 Holds John Locke Read this korrent →