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← Relieving the poor aggravates poverty; society should be rebuilt so poverty is impossible

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Relieving the poor aggravates poverty; society should be rebuilt so poverty is impossible Relieving the poor aggravates poverty;society should be rebuilt so poverty isimpossible OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reformers seek to end class struggle while the exploiting class keeps exploiting, which is an impossible problem — tap to centre the map on it Reformers seek to end class strugglewhile the exploiting class keepsexploiting, which is an impossibleproblem WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it Agitating for social equality isfolly; progress must come fromconstant struggle, not artificialforcing Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Settlement houses, missions and charities for the poor are failures and cannot be otherwise — tap to centre the map on it Settlement houses, missions andcharities for the poor are failuresand cannot be otherwise JL Jack London — holds since c. 1902–1903 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society gains nothing when people who have not reformed themselves try to reform things around them — tap to centre the map on it Society gains nothing when peoplewho have not reformed themselves tryto reform things around them RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: A happy society requires that great numbers of the poor stay ignorant as well as poor — tap to centre the map on it A happy society requires that greatnumbers of the poor stay ignorant aswell as poor BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people less poor. — tap to centre the map on it Some aid programmes will beat cashat solving a specific problem, butfew will beat it at simply makingpoor people less poor. Last stated 13 years ago 14 Mar 2014 CB Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A guarantee that no one suffers hardship would mean a return to slavery — tap to centre the map on it A guarantee that no one suffershardship would mean a return toslavery WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI is unlikely. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jul 2026 JH John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — 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 border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it A democracy should never let all itsinformation concentrate in one hub,government or corporate YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great danger of democracy is class legislation serving the dominant class — tap to centre the map on it A great danger of democracy is classlegislation serving the dominantclass JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it A healthy democracy engages withprotesters to hear their claims Last stated 5 years ago 9 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — 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 citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Relieving the poor aggravates poverty; society should be rebuilt so poverty is impossible Last stated c. 1891 Holds Oscar Wilde Read this korrent →