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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 3 Sep 2017

    Outlawing War? It Actually Workedhttps://nyti.ms/2xGyWf4 

    11:14 AM - 3 Sep 2017
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      1. Pumpk[ev]in  🎃 Pels‏ @kcpels 3 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Counterpoint: the imperialists ran out of room while the price of conquest caused humanity (conqueror & conquered) to oppose the practice.

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      2. Oklahoma Geek‏ @AnOkGeek 3 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm not seeing any evidence that the decrease in conquest was the result of this treaty. 1/2

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      3. Oklahoma Geek‏ @AnOkGeek 3 Sep 2017
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        I will suggest the treaty and the trend have a common cause: The anti-imperialist movement that predates both. 2/2

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      1. Jon Smith‏ @mnl_gldstn_trtr 3 Sep 2017
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        No it didn't. It just changed the nomenclature and nature thereof. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

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      1. Deborah  ❌ Gayou‏ @1deserthottie 8 Sep 2017
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        No actually no this didn't "end war." No treaty, truce or peace ever has. As long as there is humankind, there will be war & rumors of war.

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      1. Jeff Vanke‏ @ToughLoveDem 4 Sep 2017
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        co-variant with WW1-1919 Treaties-norms for self-determination, and new borders reflecting same. League of Nations then UN outlawed conquest

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      1. Vic, yeah, I'm here‏ @xanthius_balius 4 Sep 2017
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        For a time.

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      1. Martin‏ @Sonik_Phan 3 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Definitely spotted a correlation, there still remains external possibilities worth looking into though.

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      1. Scott Ellis‏ @ScottESanDiego 3 Sep 2017
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        Seems like the ability to hit strategic targets, and end civilization may be more likely the reason.

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      1. Daniel O'Brien‏ @DannyMuse008 3 Sep 2017
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        Thank you Steven for sharing another level headed look at who and what we are as well as what we can become.

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