From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
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From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
No Taxation Without Representation: John Locke’s Dangerous Idea | Timeless Thinkers Ep.3 Part 6
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No Taxation Without Representation: John Locke’s Dangerous Idea | Timeless Thinkers Ep.3 Part 6
In Part 6 of our John Locke Series, we uncover the idea that changed the world, the principle that no government has the right to tax, rule, or legislate without the consent of the people. “No taxation without representation.” It’s one of the most famous political slogans in history, but long before it fueled revolutions in America and France, it began in the mind of a 17th-century philosopher: John Locke. For Locke, property wasn’t just land or wealth. It was the natural extension of human...
Timeless Thinkers
From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
