24 ideas
21495 | Theoretical and practical politics are both concerned with the best lives for individuals [Russell] |
490 | Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus] |
23865 | Morality would improve if people could pursue private interests [Weil] |
21517 | Individuals need creativity, reverence for others, and self-respect [Russell] |
23866 | In oppressive societies the scope of actual control is extended by a religion of power [Weil] |
23871 | No central authority can initiate decentralisation [Weil] |
21523 | We would not want UK affairs to be settled by a world parliament [Russell] |
21522 | Democracy is inadequate without a great deal of devolution [Russell] |
23867 | After a bloody revolution the group which already had the power comes to the fore [Weil] |
21521 | Anarchy does not maximise liberty [Russell] |
23870 | Decentralisation is only possible by co-operation between strong and weak - which is absurd [Weil] |
21528 | Groups should be autonomous, with a neutral authority as arbitrator [Russell] |
21527 | On every new question the majority is always wrong at first [Russell] |
21526 | Unfortunately ordinary voters can't detect insincerity [Russell] |
23863 | Only individual people of good will can achieve social progress [Weil] |
23869 | In the least evil societies people can think, control community life, and be autonomous [Weil] |
21525 | When the state is the only employer, there is no refuge from the prejudices of other people [Russell] |
21518 | Men unite in pursuit of material things, and idealise greed as part of group loyalty [Russell] |
23861 | Marx showed that capitalist oppression, because of competition, is unstoppable [Weil] |
23868 | The pleasure of completing tasks motivates just as well as the whip of slavery [Weil] |
21519 | We need security and liberty, and then encouragement of creativity [Russell] |
23864 | Inequality could easily be mitigated, if it were not for the struggle for power [Weil] |
21524 | The right to own land gives a legal right to a permanent income [Russell] |
21520 | That our heaven is a dull place reflects the misery of excessive work in life [Russell] |