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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 2 Feb 2017

    Trump "There's rarely been conflict like we have in the world today." Wrong: War deaths 1/6 of 70s rate; no big interstate war since 03.

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      2. Nine-Banded Books‏ @NineBandedBooks 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @fsnole1 But that has nothing to do with the quoted assertion, which is true by definition (and by other arguable accounts).

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      3. Steven P Moore‏ @m00semuss 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @NineBandedBooks @sapinker

        Sometimes I wonder if Steven Pinker is really a Trans Dr Pangloss.

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      2. theicemaker‏ @D10John 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        @DouglasCarswell Do your stats include deaths in the Middle East or just western?

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      3. Douglas Carswell‏Verified account @DouglasCarswell 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @D10John

        do read this brilliant book by @sapinker on it. It's a global phenomenonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0141034645 …

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      4. theicemaker‏ @D10John 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DouglasCarswell @sapinker @AmazonUK

        Il@check it out. Thanks Douglas.

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      1. Ron Swanson‏ @Ron_GER_ 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thx Mr Fact-Checker-Man! Did it escape your fact-checker-mind that this Trump quote makes no reference to "War deaths"?

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      2. Laurence Lewis‏ @TurkanaDK 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Someone should remind him what Europe was like before the EU, which he's trying to undermine.

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      3. Arch Stanton‏ @Arch_StantonGBU 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TurkanaDK

        We have soldiers on the streets of our cities under the EU's managment. @sapinker

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      4. Laurence Lewis‏ @TurkanaDK 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Arch_StantonGBU @sapinker

        You've heard of the World Wars, right?

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      5. Arch Stanton‏ @Arch_StantonGBU 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TurkanaDK

        You've heard of NATO right? @sapinker

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      6. Laurence Lewis‏ @TurkanaDK 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Arch_StantonGBU @sapinker

        You mean that other alliance Trump is trying to undermine?

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      7. Arch Stanton‏ @Arch_StantonGBU 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TurkanaDK

        What has that got to do with me? Are you suggesting NATO doesn't deserve credit? @sapinker

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      8. Laurence Lewis‏ @TurkanaDK 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Arch_StantonGBU @sapinker

        NATO is a military alliance, it doesn't resolve hundreds of other issues over which wars can start. The EU does.

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      9. Arch Stanton‏ @Arch_StantonGBU 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TurkanaDK

        Give me some examples where the EU resolved an issue that would have led to war.

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      2. Darren Lancashire‏ @Anathema2me 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        how do you go from conflict to war deaths? You're not speaking to the point being made.

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      2. Dr. Zan‏ @Dr_Zan_ 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "War" and conflict has been atomized. Can't use traditional metrics. Are you saying these are peaceful times?

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      1. The Chief Lunatic‏ @TheChiefLunatic 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        He's talking about Meme War I. The great war (i.e. the stupid war).

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      2. Fernando Leanme‏ @FernandoLeanme 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I suspect Darth Brenan already talked Emperor Trump into starting World War III @sapinker @FabiusMaximus01

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      3. Fabius Maximus (Ed.)‏ @FabiusMaximus01 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @FernandoLeanme

        Hillary's very aggressive advisors were more likely to start a war with Russia. Quite unlike Trump's foreign policy.

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      4. Fernando Leanme‏ @FernandoLeanme 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @FabiusMaximus01

        Let's just say both major party presidential candidates were dangerous idiots. @FabiusMaximus01

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      5. Fabius Maximus (Ed.)‏ @FabiusMaximus01 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @FernandoLeanme

        Neither are idiots. That's a deep misunderstanding of US politics. Nicholas Taleb-level misunderstanding.

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      6. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @FabiusMaximus01 @FernandoLeanme

        exactly. Both very intelligently exploited different people's interests, fears, etc.

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      7. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @FabiusMaximus01 @FernandoLeanme

        "A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies." -Friedrich Nietzsche

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      8. Fabius Maximus (Ed.)‏ @FabiusMaximus01 2 Feb 2017
        Replying to @JeBroo5

        Thanks for that. New to me, from the papers of his estate.

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