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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Apr 2014

    Violent Versus Nonviolent Revolutions: Which Way Wins?http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201404/violent-versus-nonviolent-revolutions-which-way-wins …

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      2. Hugh Laurie‏Verified account @hughlaurie 8 Apr 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I wonder if dogs found the answer. Half a million snarling wolves left, at the most, against half a billion tail-wagging dogs.

        5 replies 22 retweets 42 likes
      3. haig‏ @haig 8 Apr 2014
        Replying to @hughlaurie

        @hughlaurie @sapinker That was humankind's doing, we selected for domestication, now if we can only do it to ourselves.

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      4. Hugh Laurie‏Verified account @hughlaurie 8 Apr 2014
        Replying to @haig

        @haig @sapinker Why are we exempt from the natural order? We are dogs' environment, and they adapted.

        8 replies 11 retweets 29 likes
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      1. Oslo Freedom Forum‏Verified account @OsloFF 8 Apr 2014
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        RT @sapinker Violent Versus Nonviolent Revolutions: Which Way Wins?http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201404/violent-versus-nonviolent-revolutions-which-way-wins …

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      1. Julian Oschovsky‏ @Prof_Theroux 12 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker sometimes language forces binary thinking ie win or lose. this is limiting

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      1.  🏴e^(iπ)+1 🏴‏ @ebdibbett 9 Apr 2014
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        @WBsurfRideRR So, a violent overthrow of the US gov't is in order? Seriously, though, data suggests otherwise.

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      1. Richard Loeper-Viti‏ @rloeperviti 9 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I'm sure Chenoweth and Stephan add to the story, but this was answered pretty nicely back in 2000 with http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org .

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      1. J‏ @Ciwan1859 9 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Thanks, bought the book.

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      1. Caring Capitalist‏ @caringcapitalis 9 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker My guess is that violent revolutions often leave a long 'tail' of resentments & hatred more likely to flair up again over time...

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      1. Matt Dubuque‏ @mjd1735 9 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @GadSaad Abjectly naive. Tallying up, and then comparing apples with left-handed French cyclists.

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      1. Erkan Tuncay‏ @erkantuncay 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker By definition revolution can not be non-violent. Less violent? Rev. w/out guns can also be more violent.

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      1. Dan‏ @dancfontaine 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker pop culture is the hope for a better world

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      1. Dan‏ @dancfontaine 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker violent revolutions are a thing of the past.. this is the age of global economics! and protest is worthless in the face of media

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      1. Eric‏ @nllspc 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker How do they justify the 1 yr limit? Seems pretty arbitrary.

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      1. Grigory Chudov‏ @gchudov 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker But tyrants learned to turn non-violent opposition campaigns into violent ones... Unfortunately that's relatively easy

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      2. Álvaro La Parra-Pérez‏ @AlvaroLaParra 8 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Do you know if there is a big difference in the absolute number of violent and non-violent revolutions?

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      3. Julian Oschovsky‏ @Prof_Theroux 12 Apr 2014
        Replying to @AlvaroLaParra

        @AlvaroLaParra @sapinker its rare if not impossible o have anything thats absolute

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