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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Sep 2017

    Why hysterical laments about the end of liberal democracy are overblown.http://democracyjournal.org/arguments/the-rumors-have-been-exaggerated/ …

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      2. Edward Luce‏Verified account @EdwardGLuce 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Mine is about its "retreat" not end. To misread concern as hysterical makes me think you're complacent which is part of the problem.

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      3. Josh Condon‏ @joshnodnoc 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @EdwardGLuce @sapinker

        Ed’s book is not hysterical in the least

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      1. TS Planets‏ @tsplanets 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I really hope you're right.

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      1. Steven Holt‏ @linkolanko 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Brexit was a vote FOR liberal democracy and against a protectionist bureaucratic oligarchy.

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      1. Andrew Bower‏ @andybower 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @FriedrichHayek

        And yet, the article still refers to "horrid idiocy of Brexit", signalling more ill-informed tosh about the merits of the EU across Atlantic

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      1. soat  🇨🇭 🇵🇱‏ @soat7ch 25 Sep 2017
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        Islam is a greater threat to Democracy than Trump and Brexit.

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      1. Allen Pogue‏ @AllenPogue 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Always surprised when people see proponents of the EU as democratic. They have consistently opposed local democracy. Lack of self-reflection

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      1. PogChampion‏ @MakeThinkingGA 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What are you thoughts on the rise of anti-intellectual leftists? Seems all the rational ones have fled or are being talked over.

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      1. Eleanor Morton‏ @eleanor_morton 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks this has cheered me up a bit.

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      1. John Champagne‏ @TallPhilosopher 25 Sep 2017
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        Liberal democracy will endure, even tho our civiliz depends on fossil fuel & is not sustainable? Civl will collapse, but democracy continue?pic.twitter.com/oEDlar8fNX

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      1. Lysinely 👾‏ @Lysinely 25 Sep 2017
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        This is a dangerous joke.

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      1. Gennady Shkliarevsky‏ @shkliare Mar 30
        Replying to @sapinker

        You are fundamentally wrong. The Enlightenment from its very origin has been one-sided and exclusionary. Exclusion and its corollary domination are deeply rooted in its intellectual perspective. You are closing the eyes to reality.

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      1. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 27 Sep 2017
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        The demos has spoken. Trump&Brexit. And the oligarchs hate it and write angry columns of lies. American&UK democracy beat them.

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      1. Dan Helphrey‏ @DanHelphrey 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I don't fear the end of liberal democracy - it's alive & well in much of the West (& some other places) - I just fear the loss of it in US.

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      1. Alastair Houghton‏ @al45tair 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And that has happened because the media and politics are both dominated by Remain enthusiasts, many of whom don’t understand themselves.

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      1. Alastair Houghton‏ @al45tair 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Part of the problem here is that the reasons people voted to leave the EU are poorly understood outside of leave voters in the UK.

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      1. Alastair Houghton‏ @al45tair 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Though the article starts with a claim that we’re experiencing “buyers remorse” here in the UK, which is not the case.

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      2. K6AUS‏ @k6aus 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And morgage bonds are a lock. TBH your ability to predict the future is about as good as the banks predictions about mortgage bonds. (1/2)

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      3. K6AUS‏ @k6aus 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @k6aus @sapinker

        It's not hysterical to point out that aside a few progressive victories (gay marriage etc) the middle/working class has been losing 4 50yrs

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