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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Mar 2014

    Dilemma of postwar world: Stability vs justice. Grandfather in existing states & borders, or try to align states with ethnic groups?

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      2. Michael Casey‏Verified account @mikejcasey 29 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @ManchurianDevil yeah but postwar world is pretty damn old. Speaks to failure of global system that we still face this dilemma

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      3. Jacob Wolinsky‏ @JacobWolinsky 29 Mar 2014
        Replying to @mikejcasey

        @mikejcasey @sapinker @ManchurianDevil 3rd choice is population transfers like Europe 1945, but very complicated, usually ends up deadly

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      1. Cody Fenwick‏ @codytfenwick 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker one would assume justice would be more stable, no?

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      1. Human‏ @richlightner 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Justice=fairness and equality. Instability occurs when their is no justice. Try teaching our shared biology,worth,history. No flag

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      2. Scary Boo-jeans‏ @sockrateaser 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker can't draw a perfect map b/c areas are mixed, states only become mono-ethnic through "cleansing".

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      3. Scary Boo-jeans‏ @sockrateaser 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker further the idea of a natural borders is mythical, ethnic groups are constructed identities. State makes nations not vice versa.

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      1. Guy From/On Buffalo‏ @ChrisTollini 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker geopolitical interests will never coincide with humanitarian interests.....it'd be a lovely world if it did, though.

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      1. Suzanne Krause‏ @SuzanneKrause12 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker I'd like to say justice every time but it's a massive dilemma with many convolutions. No hope of stability AND justice post-war?

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      1. Greymagus‏ @greymagus 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker How about democracy, instead of top-down meddling? Who decides? In the end, has to be the people.

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      1. CholetKellyJosueMD‏ @JCholetKelly 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker If we do away with nation states, humanity may face serious calamities. It is becoming problematic. What do we do?

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      1. KurrentAffairs‏ @KurrentAffairs 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker it's a matter of pace. It's not a dichotomy of stability vs justice, it's the speed of transition.

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      2. CholetKellyJosueMD‏ @JCholetKelly 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Can humanity exist without diverse cultures? Likes for a particular--food, taste, sunrise, smell, things that

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      3. CholetKellyJosueMD‏ @JCholetKelly 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker are ingrained in the brain from very early age. If not , then there will always be a need for: specific enclaves

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      4. CholetKellyJosueMD‏ @JCholetKelly 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker then for whatever reasons we create , nation states. We will not be able able to get rid of that model easily.

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      1. Lillian‏ @Liln 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Oh. Never mind - I just learned a new verb. :)

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      2. Beachbum™‏ @Beechbum 29 Mar 2014
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        .@sapinker We must get beyond the predatory drives of our primitive past and contribute to society so all can progress within it. #Humanity

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      3. Synelly 🇩🇪‏ @Synelly 29 Mar 2014
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        @Beechbum @sapinker You surely mean that Whites must " contribute to society" so Blacks can progress within it. #Humanity

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      1. Lillian‏ @Liln 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker 'Grandfather'?

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