A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Ada Palmer said
government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.
Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.
Historian of the Renaissance and of the history of ideas
And soon we have a precedent that every new pope feels he has the authority to knock down every pawn upon the chessboard if he feels like it. Once that is the norm, even a fairly nice pope still inherits the idea that the pope is going to overthrow and replace governments. And this creates a unique instability within Italy that no other part of Europe is subject to
Where this was said
Watch from 0:03:25 plays here↗Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all time – Ada Palmeryoutube.com
All 26 korrents from this recordingthis one is 2nd
Added to korrents 16 Jun 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us
Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.