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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Nov 2014

    The biggest risk factors for war are revanchism and irredentism, not competition for resources. http://shar.es/1XOga1  via @chronicle

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      2. Robert Wright‏ @robertwrighter 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle Isn't land a resource?

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      1. Fernanda Ferreira‏ @fernandaedi 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker Christopher Hitchens made a similar point in a great essay for The Nation: "risky and volatile thing, a "self-pitying majority".

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      1. OneDollar Jim‏ @OneDollarJim 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle admit it- you just made up those words

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      1. Steve Julio‏ @SteveJulioSB 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle What are two words I've never heard of, Alex.

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      1. Emma Perry‏ @EmmaPerry_ 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle but would countries be as inclined to act on these abstract motives if not for some sort of tangible gain?

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      1. Matt Sypert‏ @mattsypert 29 Nov 2014
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        “@sapinker: The biggest risk factors for war are revanchism and irredentism, not competition for resources. http://shar.es/1XOga ”

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      1. Green Party Table‏ @DZHEZUS 29 Nov 2014
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        Great article on the conflicts caused by the imaginary lines we've drawn on our maps. http://shar.es/1XOga1  via @chronicle @sapinker

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      1. Linda Ward Selbie  📷‏ @lindaws 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle Revenge, keep it simple, is it a generational meme? Israel & Palestine can't get on with doing the right thing.

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      1. James Gingell‏ @JamesGingell1 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker does your use of 'revanchism' and 'irredentism' constitute highfalutin gobbledygook?

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle new words! Thanks . . .

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      1. Studio Five Pictures‏ @Studio5pictures 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle my old bean throbs at this statement. *lights a meditative cigarette*

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      2. Michael Hogan‏ @michaelhogannui 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker Revanchism - the will to reverse territorial losses; irredentism justifies such claims on basis of historic/ethnic affiliations.

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      3. Linda Ward Selbie  📷‏ @lindaws 29 Nov 2014
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        @michaelhogannui @sapinker Some element of population continues to migrate and yet holds romantic notions of imaginary past.

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      1. Rodrigo Canales‏ @CanalesRo 29 Nov 2014
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        Relevant for Mexico: The biggest risk factors for war are revanchism and irredentism, not competition. http://shar.es/1XOga1  via @sapinker

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      1. ryan onstott‏ @fmhueffer 29 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @chronicle question is: is a country liable to these if there isn't already structural (usually economic) weakness?

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