"In the the eyes of his critics, this stance has made Pinker the world’s most prominent defender of the status quo. At a time of rising inequality and ecological catastrophe, his prescription for the world is to do basically the same thing we have been doing."
Yeah, that'll do it.
Thats narcissism, essentially. The status quo oligarchy rules as a consequence of <adaptation and competition> and therefore the justification of inequity, injustice etc is self-evidenced.