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← Society and law began as a trick that bound the weak, empowered the rich and fixed inequality for good

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Society and law began as a trick that bound the weak, empowered the rich and fixed inequality for good Society and law began as a trick thatbound the weak, empowered the rich andfixed inequality for good JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — 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: Morality's first rules may have been devised chiefly so the ambitious could govern more easily — tap to centre the map on it Morality's first rules may have beendevised chiefly so the ambitiouscould govern more easily BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: Civilization has made some people richer and others poorer than they would be in a natural state — tap to centre the map on it Civilization has made some peoplericher and others poorer than theywould be in a natural state TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: The poor laws in some measure create the poor they maintain — tap to centre the map on it The poor laws in some measure createthe poor they maintain TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — 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: 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: Legislators who seek absolute power over people's lives, liberties and estates forfeit their power to the people — tap to centre the map on it Legislators who seek absolute powerover people's lives, liberties andestates forfeit their power to thepeople JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich and powerful are happy only to the degree that others are deprived — tap to centre the map on it The rich and powerful are happy onlyto the degree that others aredeprived JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Society and law began as a trick that bound the weak, empowered the rich and fixed inequality for good Last stated c. 1754–1755 Holds Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read this korrent →