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← Tyranny is using power beyond right for the ruler's own advantage rather than the good of the governed

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 30 Jan 1788 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Tyranny is using power beyond right for the ruler's own advantage rather than the good of the governed Tyranny is using power beyond right forthe ruler's own advantage rather than thegood of the governed JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wherever law ends, tyranny begins, and an official who exceeds his legal power may be opposed — tap to centre the map on it Wherever law ends, tyranny begins,and an official who exceeds hislegal power may be opposed JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rulers who encroach on the people's rights exceed their authority and are tyrants — tap to centre the map on it Rulers who encroach on the people'srights exceed their authority andare tyrants JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concentrating legislative, executive and judicial power in the same hands is the definition of tyranny — tap to centre the map on it Concentrating legislative, executiveand judicial power in the same handsis the definition of tyranny Last stated 239 years ago 30 Jan 1788 JM James Madison — holds since 1788-01-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ruler who owns the state loses nothing by war and can start one for trifling reasons — tap to centre the map on it A ruler who owns the state losesnothing by war and can start one fortrifling reasons IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: The fundamental threat to freedom is the power to coerce, whether held by a monarch, dictator, oligarchy or momentary majority — tap to centre the map on it The fundamental threat to freedom isthe power to coerce, whether held bya monarch, dictator, oligarchy ormomentary majority MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every restraint on liberty beyond what justice needs is a degree of slavery — tap to centre the map on it Every restraint on liberty beyondwhat justice needs is a degree ofslavery LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: For Machiavelli a man who can be killed on somebody's word is a slave, and a man protected by a system — however unfair that system is — is free. — tap to centre the map on it For Machiavelli a man who can bekilled on somebody's word is aslave, and a man protected by asystem — however unfair that systemis — is free. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some people are slaves by nature, and enslaving them is just where it benefits them — tap to centre the map on it Some people are slaves by nature,and enslaving them is just where itbenefits them AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — 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 free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it An alliance with abundance liberalsis likely a more promising politicalstrategy for libertarians than arevival of fusionism in the short tomedium term. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 IS Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — 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 Tyranny is using power beyond right for the ruler's own advantage rather than the good of the governed Last stated c. 1689–1690 Holds John Locke Read this korrent →