Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and m…

Steven Pinker
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Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and more backward countries. ✨ Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, p.281, Penguin
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