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← There are no natural human rights; believing in them is like believing in witches and unicorns

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 15 Dec 1889 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There are no natural human rights; believing in them is like believing in witches and unicorns There are no natural human rights;believing in them is like believing inwitches and unicorns AM Alasdair MacIntyre — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human rights, like God and heaven, are a story we invented rather than an objective or biological reality — tap to centre the map on it Human rights, like God and heaven,are a story we invented rather thanan objective or biological reality Last stated 11 years ago 24 Jul 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are religious by nature and atheism cannot prevail long — tap to centre the map on it Humans are religious by nature andatheism cannot prevail long EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religious freedom is unalienable because beliefs cannot follow other people's dictates — tap to centre the map on it Religious freedom is unalienablebecause beliefs cannot follow otherpeople's dictates JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: No person, church or state has a right to take others' civil rights or goods on religious grounds — tap to centre the map on it No person, church or state has aright to take others' civil rightsor goods on religious grounds JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans have a right to stupidity in private, but not in public — tap to centre the map on it Humans have a right to stupidity inprivate, but not in public Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: No claim, not even in God's name, entitles Spain to keep six million people exploited and denied their rights — tap to centre the map on it No claim, not even in God's name,entitles Spain to keep six millionpeople exploited and denied theirrights Last stated 137 years ago 15 Dec 1889 JR José Rizal — holds since 1889-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women owe their liberty to no religion; their religious nature has always been perverted to subject them — tap to centre the map on it Women owe their liberty to noreligion; their religious nature hasalways been perverted to subjectthem ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women are persons and therefore citizens, so no state may make or enforce a law abridging their privileges — tap to centre the map on it Women are persons and thereforecitizens, so no state may make orenforce a law abridging theirprivileges SA Susan B. Anthony — holds since c. 1873 — 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 central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre There are no natural human rights; believing in them is like believing in witches and unicorns Last stated c. 1981 Holds Alasdair MacIntyre Read this korrent →