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← Social order rests on public opinion, and using force weakens what it tries to maintain

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 9 Sept 1656 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under religion religion 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: Social order rests on public opinion, and using force weakens what it tries to maintain Social order rests on public opinion, andusing force weakens what it tries tomaintain LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Force is a feeble instrument for keeping a numerous, spirited people connected — tap to centre the map on it Force is a feeble instrument forkeeping a numerous, spirited peopleconnected Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Social pressure to stay near the consensus stops people from adopting beliefs that diverge from it, especially when the stakes are high. — tap to centre the map on it Social pressure to stay near theconsensus stops people from adoptingbeliefs that diverge from it,especially when the stakes are high. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most social order comes from society itself, not from government — tap to centre the map on it Most social order comes from societyitself, not from government TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains — tap to centre the map on it Force is uncertain, and if it failsno hope of reconciliation remains Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Using force to protect one neighbor from another can never be reliably justified — tap to centre the map on it Using force to protect one neighborfrom another can never be reliablyjustified LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief that cannot be acted on, or whose actions carry no personal stakes, is more likely to be held for social reasons than because it is true. — tap to centre the map on it A belief that cannot be acted on, orwhose actions carry no personalstakes, is more likely to be heldfor social reasons than because itis true. Last stated 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Force cannot compel belief, so the care of souls does not belong to the ruler — tap to centre the map on it Force cannot compel belief, so thecare of souls does not belong to theruler JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: Violence cannot weaken truth, and truth cannot stop violence; each only strengthens or provokes the other — tap to centre the map on it Violence cannot weaken truth, andtruth cannot stop violence; eachonly strengthens or provokes theother Last stated 370 years ago 9 Sept 1656 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1656-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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 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 Social order rests on public opinion, and using force weakens what it tries to maintain Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Leo Tolstoy Read this korrent →