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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 18 Dec 1787 to 26 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under China China Everything filed under America America Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: So far as the Constitution was a contract, it died with its makers and cannot bind their children So far as the Constitution was a contract,it died with its makers and cannot bindtheir children LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: If later generations are bound by the Constitution, they are slaves of their dead grandfathers — tap to centre the map on it If later generations are bound bythe Constitution, they are slaves oftheir dead grandfathers LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Constitution either authorized this government or could not prevent it, so it is unfit to exist — tap to centre the map on it The Constitution either authorizedthis government or could not preventit, so it is unfit to exist LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: Accusing the Constitution's framers of building in slavery slanders them — tap to centre the map on it Accusing the Constitution's framersof building in slavery slanders them Last stated 174 years ago 5 Jul 1852 FD Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: No constitutional limits can wisely be placed on the power charged with national safety — tap to centre the map on it No constitutional limits can wiselybe placed on the power charged withnational safety Last stated 239 years ago 18 Dec 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The U.S. Constitution's checks and balances have become largely ineffective. — tap to centre the map on it The U.S. Constitution's checks andbalances have become largelyineffective. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Support for the Constitution mostly depends on whether it makes one master or slave, which is no consent — tap to centre the map on it Support for the Constitution mostlydepends on whether it makes onemaster or slave, which is no consent LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: Claude's constitution leans too much on moral philosophy and too little on evolutionary biology. — tap to centre the map on it Claude's constitution leans too muchon moral philosophy and too littleon evolutionary biology. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 JH Joseph Henrich — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The unsigned Constitution is no more binding than a pact among pirates — tap to centre the map on it The unsigned Constitution is no morebinding than a pact among pirates LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — 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 continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it A country's scientific trajectorycan keep advancing even if politicalinstability or economic uncertaintyslows its broader progress. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — 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 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 So far as the Constitution was a contract, it died with its makers and cannot bind their children Last stated c. 1867–1870 Holds Lysander Spooner Read this korrent →