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← Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 2 Jan 2008 to 30 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under America America Everything filed under government government Everything filed under gun policy gun policy Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible. Today's political crises stem from theproblems of mass affluence, whichliberalism made possible. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 BL Brink Lindsey — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Today's discontents are not a failure of liberalism's basic principles. — tap to centre the map on it Today's discontents are not afailure of liberalism's basicprinciples. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 BL Brink Lindsey — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberal values and institutions are our best chance for meeting today's challenges. — tap to centre the map on it Liberal values and institutions areour best chance for meeting today'schallenges. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 BL Brink Lindsey — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Billionaire wealth becomes a public problem when it enters politics, because it throttles democracy. — tap to centre the map on it Billionaire wealth becomes a publicproblem when it enters politics,because it throttles democracy. Last stated 5 days ago 30 Oct 2026 RR Robert Reich — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many of society's problems stem from how people communicate online, not just what they discuss. — tap to centre the map on it Many of society's problems stem fromhow people communicate online, notjust what they discuss. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many people who consider themselves liberal will act to conserve their personal and financial status quo when faced with things that threaten their bourgeois class status. — tap to centre the map on it Many people who consider themselvesliberal will act to conserve theirpersonal and financial status quowhen faced with things that threatentheir bourgeois class status. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current money problem is an oligarchy problem that is an anti-democracy problem. — tap to centre the map on it The current money problem is anoligarchy problem that is ananti-democracy problem. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Oct 2026 RS Rebecca Solnit — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The United States contributes to many of the crises that drive migration to it. — tap to centre the map on it The United States contributes tomany of the crises that drivemigration to it. Last stated 2 years ago 2 Aug 2024 CD Caitlin Dickerson — holds since 2024-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world's consumption problems can be solved if we choose to. — tap to centre the map on it The world's consumption problems canbe solved if we choose to. Last stated 19 years ago 2 Jan 2008 JD Jared Diamond — holds since 2008-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI is unlikely. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jul 2026 JH John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — 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 border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carrying a gun into a no-guns zone to stop an apparent in-progress school shooting makes for an extraordinarily clear case for the choice-of-evils defense. — tap to centre the map on it Carrying a gun into a no-guns zoneto stop an apparent in-progressschool shooting makes for anextraordinarily clear case for thechoice-of-evils defense. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Oct 2026 EV Eugene Volokh — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conservative counts for defensive gun use incidents in 2020-2024 are likely comparable to the count for 2025. — tap to centre the map on it Conservative counts for defensivegun use incidents in 2020-2024 arelikely comparable to the count for2025. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 EV Eugene Volokh — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conservative counts of civilians using guns to stop multiple shooters in 2025 appear to be at least a dozen incidents. — tap to centre the map on it Conservative counts of civiliansusing guns to stop multiple shootersin 2025 appear to be at least adozen incidents. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 EV Eugene Volokh — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Today's political crises stem from the problems of mass affluence, which liberalism made possible. Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Brink Lindsey Read this korrent →