ClaimsSteven Pinker

“They seem to demonize people in other times and places, license colonial conquest and other foreign adventures, and conceal the crimes of our own societies.”

Steven Pinker 1 January 2007 A History of Violence (Edge.org) archived copy

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They seem to demonize people in other times and places, license colonial conquest and other foreign adventures, and conceal the crimes of…

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