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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 14 Feb 1776 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under education education 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: Without security, there is no industry, arts or society, only fear of violent death, and life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short Without security, there is no industry,arts or society, only fear of violentdeath, and life is solitary, poor, nasty,brutish and short TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Society is always a blessing, but government is at best a necessary evil and at worst an intolerable one — tap to centre the map on it Society is always a blessing, butgovernment is at best a necessaryevil and at worst an intolerable one Last stated 251 years ago 14 Feb 1776 TP Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it The only rightful security ofproperty is the right to enjoy andbequeath what one's own talents andindustry acquired Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no security for anyone except in the highest intelligence and development of all — tap to centre the map on it There is no security for anyoneexcept in the highest intelligenceand development of all Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: The West is in danger because the people who should defend its values have been captured by a worldview that leads to socialism and therefore to poverty. — tap to centre the map on it The West is in danger because thepeople who should defend its valueshave been captured by a worldviewthat leads to socialism andtherefore to poverty. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 JM Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the educated keep a steady heart without a secure livelihood; ordinary people without one will not — tap to centre the map on it Only the educated keep a steadyheart without a secure livelihood;ordinary people without one will not ME Mencius — holds since c. 400–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Perhaps we ought not to fear poverty, disease, or anything not caused by our own vice — tap to centre the map on it Perhaps we ought not to fearpoverty, disease, or anything notcaused by our own vice AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market economy rewards putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward. — tap to centre the map on it A market economy rewards puttingland under campsites and horseliveries rather than under food, andthat is the wrong thing to reward. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Dec 2023 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — 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 a month 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 a month ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — 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 a month 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 a month ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Without security, there is no industry, arts or society, only fear of violent death, and life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short Last stated c. 1651 Holds Thomas Hobbes Read this korrent →