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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Nov 2017

    Why your mental map of the US economy is probably wrong (more evidence that Trumpism is cultural, not economic). http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/11/13/your-map-economy-wrong/GGT66k7fH8jof2Lci9mlSJ/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. JustMe‏ @DA_ders 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @BostonGlobe

        I see plenty of words, but no graphs, data or links to sources...are we supposed to just believe this because it says what I want to hear or did I miss those due to the device I'm using not being compatible?

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      1. D Biddy‏ @D_Biddy1 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The article doesn't say anything about how that income is distributed. That's probably a key omission.

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      1. Mr. Z‏ @EZLVSZ 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Great piece. #MAGA

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      2. Lady Jane‏ @sinmck 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        We don’t care about Trump voters, stop constantly writing about them. How about concentrating on the majority of voters who he has disenfranchised by his treason and the women of the tidal resistance. At least one article for every Trump hot take is due on those.

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      3. Wu Mashu‏ @WuMashu 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sinmck @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Similarly, they do not care much for you. And they will vote Trump in again in 3 years, and you will be back here posting again. I hope you find something to keep you happy during that time.

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      4. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @WuMashu @sinmck and

        See Pinker? This is the type of idiot that you're attracting now. Thinks Trump will still be in office in 3 years🤣🤣🤣

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      2. Hugo Mercier‏ @hugoreasoning 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Most people voted for Trump bc he was the GOP candidate, and rich people tend to vote GOP, so I'm not sure how surprising this should be?

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      1. Thomas Koors‏ @thomas_koors 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @BostonGlobe

        Where to begin? First of all it hasn't even been a year since inauguration. Economic changes in the law have very long lagging effects, we're still technically in Obama's economy. Second, scientists are the worst economists alive, how many of you actually fund your own research?

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      1. David Ricardo‏ @constructal1 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Trumpism isn’t about Trump. Very interesting article by its own merits but you can’t expect the same people did not see the election coming to suddenly have hindsight. They are still willfully blind to realities of Liberalism (what American conservatives conserve) vs Neo-Marxism

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      2. Joel‏ @riggins1169 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @BostonGlobe

        Read the article...interesting enough. If you look at the percentage of Americans that got Trump elected in the first place, to me it seems like the real issue is voter apathy. It's just that simple, and trying to make sense of it any other way is a waste of time..just vote!

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      1. perception‏ @ryanhoffman3691 17 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @BostonGlobe

        Federal government is to big. Far too many failed policies. I'd like to see better stewardship of the monetary system. Does matter more or less taxes without good stewardship.

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      1. vanessa‏ @vanyreidenbach 16 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        They actually needed a year to figure this out?

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      1. Prosecute Israeli collusion with Trump campaign‏ @Buff_Bernie 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I like how your generic "you" was a coastal elite who didn't know what middle America is like.

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      1. Harald‏ @equalitus 14 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        But do you believe in exponentially increasing financial #inequality? In America? But cultural non economic divergence is caused by or a result of economic divergence?

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