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Bryan Caplan - Feminists, Billionaires, and Demagogues

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Is It on Fire Out There?

So the norm is not peaceful, prosperous societies throughout human history. The norm is impoverished and war prone societies. So there's a few things going on with the exceptions. I think that rich, rich, probably, you know, prosperous people societies generally have less crazy electorates. And then also just in in also in these better function societies. While people's political views are not terrible, if you go and propose something really awful, then normal even normal people will say it isn't such a good idea to murder all the billionaires.

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