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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Mar 2014

    Stability is better: Aligning ethnicity w states is an unsolvable geometry problem --> Endless conquest, irredentism, ethnic cleansing.

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 30 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker yes, although diversity itself seems to be 2nd main predictor of civil war behind lack of democracy? https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SMITH.ART.HTM …

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      1. Robert Wright‏ @robertwrighter 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker yes, but ethnic coherence (self-determination) can be conducive to stability in its own way. hence the dilemma.

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      1. Mother‏ @Praeposita 30 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker weirdly enough, that was the ideology behind Apartheid in South Africa. (while keeping the rich pickings for the ruling minority)

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      1. Matt Welch‏ @WelchMatthew 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Agreed! This is no recipe for stability: Ethnic groups in world ≈ 2,488 Nations in world ≈ 195 (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups …)

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      1. Shlomo Engelson Argamon‏ @ShlomoArgamon 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker The problem is that without some alignment of values, stability cannot be achieved. Also true for condos.

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      1. Michael Wiley‏ @MinneMike 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker wanted: less social engineers

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      1. magnificent browncat‏ @cererian 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Stability for whom? Settler colonial 'stability' on land stolen from indigenous ppls requires 'endless conquest'. e.g., Americas.

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      1. Unadorned Name Raven‏ @reddishraven 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Defeatist attitude towards the status quo, I would have thought, especially if there is ethnic oppression within said borders.

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      1. Manuel Durazo‏ @durraquio 29 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker in some countries like México stability comes at a price: inequality

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