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← Property will be secure when one person's wealth visibly benefits the general mass

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Property will be secure when one person's wealth visibly benefits the general mass Property will be secure when one person'swealth visibly benefits the general mass TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society as wealthy as ours has no reason not to guarantee basic security to all without endangering freedom — tap to centre the map on it A society as wealthy as ours has noreason not to guarantee basicsecurity to all without endangeringfreedom FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich have no right to the property of the poor — tap to centre the map on it The rich have no right to theproperty of the poor JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son — tap to centre the map on it Property should circulate, dividedmore equally among a family'schildren, rather than entrenched byinheritance of the eldest son Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property wins people the respect that should be due only to talent and virtue — tap to centre the map on it Property wins people the respectthat should be due only to talentand virtue MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Possession of great wealth and authority engenders an instinct for the violent defense of that wealth. — tap to centre the map on it Possession of great wealth andauthority engenders an instinct forthe violent defense of that wealth. Last stated 6 months ago 7 May 2026 MB Mandy Brown — holds since 2026-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Unequal wealth harms a nation when unjustly gained and helps it when justly gained and nobly used — tap to centre the map on it Unequal wealth harms a nation whenunjustly gained and helps it whenjustly gained and nobly used JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost all inequality comes from the growth of our faculties and is fixed by property and laws — tap to centre the map on it Almost all inequality comes from thegrowth of our faculties and is fixedby property and laws JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it The only rightful security ofproperty is the right to enjoy andbequeath what one's own talents andindustry acquired Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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
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At the centre Property will be secure when one person's wealth visibly benefits the general mass Last stated c. 1795–1797 Holds Thomas Paine Read this korrent →