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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Nov 2013

    Global military spending is way down. 20th C avg=5% GDP/yr. Korean war= 7%. 1980=3.5%. Today= 1.7% | http://bit.ly/HWPTax 

    2:44 PM - 16 Nov 2013
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      1. ange|:que ©  💧‏ @organicperson 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @DJGrothe drones don't claim benefits

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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek 16 Nov 2013
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        .@sapinker More freedom, more trade, more bad ideas thoroughly debunked -- less war.

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      2. David Colquhoun‏ @david_colquhoun 16 Nov 2013
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        .@sapinker often thought that best hope of peace is (a) cost (b) lawsuits, sad though that thought is

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      1. Ben‏ @Wright12Ben 17 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker this is why i follow you! You seem to be the only person that thinks the world is getting better!

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      1. David Price‏ @DavidPriceUCL 16 Nov 2013
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        RT “@sapinker: Global military spending is way down. 20th C avg=5% GDP/yr. Korean war= 7%. 1980=3.5%. Today= 1.7% | http://bit.ly/HWPTax ”

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      1. Couldn't B. Righter‏ @CouldntBRighter 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @yaronbrook And it's precisely because of the Pax Americana.

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      1. Michael O'Connor‏ @StrongerInNos 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker UK govt spending on defence and welfare combined was 14.5% of GDP in 1953/4. And the same in 2008/9. #swordsintoploughshares

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      1. Joe‏ @Bassbluff 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker don't forget GDP is falling too!

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      1. Concerned Citizen‏ @1Xtrem 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @FriedrichHayek a third of America's tax revenue goes to the military

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      1. marc oxford‏ @MarcOxford 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @DouglasCarswell More productive (destructive) weaponry.

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      2. Mugwump‏ @anonmugwump 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker not a particularly helpful statistic given 1) larger GDP which means % doesn't tell us much about real terms 2) improving tech

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      3. James Riall‏ @JamesRiall 17 Nov 2013
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        @anonmugwump interesting when looking at trend - pre ww1 and interwar period had much lower real GDP but also v.low % of GDP on mil spending

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      1. Steven T. Warcholak‏ @StevenTWarchola 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker I think this is good ..What about U?

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      1. Iouri Bairatchnyi‏ @bairatchnyi 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker fewer people needed

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      1. Kevin McCarthy‏ @OgreMkV 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker @DJGrothe Is this a percent GDP? Cause I think the GDP has increased even more than that, resulting in "dollar basis" increase.

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      1. A Burrahobbit  🌹 🥀‏ @mikeclauss 16 Nov 2013
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        @sapinker Consider other perspectives Dr. Pinker. War is ongoing and destructive. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/4/wounds_of_waziristan_exclusive_broadcast_of#.UnfI4aNuZ1Q.facebook …

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