History will tell you that borders are not inevitable, they hardly existed at the end of the 19th century. — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
One of the basic lessons of history is that things can be different. — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
I am part of a broad social movement. Ten years ago, it would have unimaginable for some random Dutch historian to go… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
We'll all remember 2020 as an historic year. And for decades, people will be able to say, remember 2020. Remember when things… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
A lot of great things are going on. In many ways, the past 30 years have been the best in world history.… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Even so, I think historians have more to offer than perspective on our present woes. The foreign country we call the past… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Borders are the single biggest cause of discrimination in all of world history. Inequality gaps between people living in the same country… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
If I say most people are pretty decent that may sound nice and warm but actually it's really radical and subversive and… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Most bayonets throughout history have probably not been used because soldiers just can't do it, something holds them back... the same goes… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Whether we’re searching for new dreams or rediscovering old ones, we can’t move forward without looking to the past. It’s the only… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“President Nixon presented a bill providing for a modest basic income, calling it “the most significant piece of social legislation in our… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Precisely when we should be shouldering the historic task of investing this rich, safe, and healthy existence with meaning, we’ve buried utopia… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“Borders are the single biggest cause of discrimination in all of world history. Inequality gaps between people living in the same country… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend, say scientists… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“When Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15, 2008, and inaugurated the biggest crisis since the 1930s, there were no real alternatives to hand. No… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
The great thing about money is that people can use it to buy things they need instead of things self-appointed experts think they need. — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“The idea that the GDP still serves as an accurate gauge of social welfare is one of the most widespread myths of our times.… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
Most of Mark Zuckerberg's income is just rent collected off the millions of picture and video posts that we give away daily for free.… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“To calculate the GDP, numerous data points have to be linked together and hundreds of wholly subjective choices made regarding what to count and… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“Countless studies have shown that people who work less are more satisfied with their lives.37 In a recent poll conducted among working women, German… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“Precisely when we should be shouldering the historic task of investing this rich, safe, and healthy existence with meaning, we’ve buried utopia instead. There’s… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act - it means that we don't need all those managers and CEO's, kings and… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
Poor people aren't making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they're living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions. — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“The bottom line is that wealth can be concentrated somewhere, but that doesn’t also mean that’s where it’s being created. This is just as… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
“Not coincidentally, the countries with the shortest workweeks also have the largest number of volunteers and the most social capital.” — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
It matters so much that from a very early age we encounter different kinds of different people, because that's what real life should be… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share
