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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jul 13

    Reports of the "end of democracy" are like dismissals of global warming on a cold day: They mistake examples (Russia, Turkey, Venezuela) for a trend. The world has never been more democratic than it is in this decade. @HumanProgress https://humanprogress.org/article.php?p=1386 … #HumanProgressData

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      2. Amanda Leigh Sheard‏ @AmandaQuirky Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I absolutely love your optimism, Steve Pinker... I feel like I've lost all faith in humanity, post-2016. Plus, I don't have as many neat graphs as you, to convince me that the better angels of our nature are winning this fight *sadface*

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      2. Walter "Scary Nickname" Badgett‏ @walterbadgett Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Unlike climate, though, Democracy requires active human participation. Couldn't it be true that panicking about its end might, in fact, be part of the way in which it stays preserved?

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      3. Evan‏ @greygatch Jul 13
        Replying to @walterbadgett @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Exactly. Pinker should read fellow Harvard writer @RobertDPutnam on declining social capital. A healthy democracy cannot exist without civic engagement and social trust. The ability to vote is secondary to community involvement.

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      2. Ricardo Peake Braga‏ @peakebraga Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        We should take a closer look at the so-called democracies. In UK, Colombia and Brazil referendum results were disrespected by political elite. In European Union, huge power concentrated in burocrats in Brussels. That’s the threat: supressing from people real power of decision.

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      3. Ben‏ @LoveScienceFun Jul 13
        Replying to @peakebraga @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Yeah but how about those examples you gave 20-50 years ago? I think there’s just more info available now so we can see what’s happening vs more blind trust in the past.

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      2. Dr. Strangelove‏ @m_matuschek Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I agree for the Nineties. You don´t see any rise of authoritarianism in the world at all at the moment?

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      3. Max Kroker‏ @KrokerMax Jul 13
        Replying to @m_matuschek @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I believe Pinker argues the overall trend to democracy outweighs the (recent) uptake in authoritarianism.

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      2. Antonia Rötger‏ @Antorot Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I would love to agree, but am not convinced.

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      3. Ben‏ @LoveScienceFun Jul 13
        Replying to @Antorot @sapinker @HumanProgress

        What data do you base that on?

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      4. Antonia Rötger‏ @Antorot Jul 13
        Replying to @LoveScienceFun @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I am just a citizen, reading newspapers, so I am worried about recent changes for the worse in Pologne, Hungary, Turkey. But I will buy Pinker book enlightenment now, as soon as it is translated into german in autumn in order to see his data.

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      5. Ben‏ @LoveScienceFun Jul 14
        Replying to @Antorot @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Good to worry. I worry also.

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      2. Nicolás Pavez‏ @nicopavez_pol Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Im still asking, what is the evidence to claim realistically that american democracy is at risk with Trump...

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      3. Gary Harry Harrison‏ @ArmChairSJW Jul 14
        Replying to @nicopavez_pol @sapinker @HumanProgress

        I would argue rule of law, the amazing US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and a good separation of powers at the executive level will save American democracy. For now...

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      2. Maria Elisa‏ @mariaelisasmith Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        The world has never been more democratic in the sense that, thanks to freedom, prosperity and technology, people are more empowered than ever... but political democracy is a farce and it's definitely on its way out.

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      3. SageThinker‏ @SageThinker99 Jul 14
        Replying to @mariaelisasmith @sapinker @HumanProgress

        It's not real democracy, it's a facade in front of pure capitalism for the rich.

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      1. Suheyla Topuz‏ @SuheylaTopuz Jul 14
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        Yeah, but the crucial question is: does Pinker believe Israel is a democracy? Then, we can get somewhere with his grand narrative.

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      2. R.U. Kittingme‏ @Jazzdog40 Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @HumanProgress

        pinker is on the koch brothers payroll, there can no longer be any doubt

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