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@sapinker More freedom, more trade, more bad ideas thoroughly debunked -- less war.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker often thought that best hope of peace is (a) cost (b) lawsuits, sad though that thought is - 1 more reply
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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!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@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 ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@yaronbrook And it's precisely because of the Pax Americana.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.#swordsintoploughsharesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker don't forget GDP is falling too!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@FriedrichHayek a third of America's tax revenue goes to the militaryThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@DouglasCarswell More productive (destructive) weaponry.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 -
@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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@sapinker I think this is good ..What about U?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker fewer people neededThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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