/u/Damned-scoundrel's posts

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anarcho capitalists cite medieval Iceland and Cospaia as examples of ancap societies in action, & generally speak of these societies as paradises. Could Medieval Iceland & Cospaia be called “ancap”, what was the quality of life there; was the quality of life any better than other places at the time?	12	AskHistorians
Why was it that the application of Hegelian thought was more influential & important on the left (IE the young Hegelians & Marxists) than it was on the right, despite the fact that Hegel was conservative?	12	AskHistorians
In 19th century America, politicians, Henry Clay for example, served sporadic & incomplete terms in the United Senate, sometimes serving as a representative between senate terms. Today, the US senate is seen as more prestigious than the House. How did the Senate come to be seen as more prestigious?	11	AskHistorians
When you die, you are forced to wander the earth until all remnants of your life are gone.	11	TwoSentenceHorror
[WP] Unbeknownst to you, your roommates are the 12 gods of mount Olympus.	11	WritingPrompts
When our Older brother started acting strangely, gradually stopped interacting with us other people, & began losing weight, we assumed he was simply being a moody teenager.	10	TwoSentenceHorror
When Aaron Burr attempted to create an independent country in 1806, he had effigies of his likeness burned across the country. Why then were future filibuster attempts such as the Lopez expedition & William Walker so supported by the American populace?	10	AskHistorians
Why were so many lighthouses built in the US during the first half of the 19th century built to poor standards?	10	AskHistorians
When my daughter told me she wanted to see the pink elephants after having watched Dumbo, I laughed it off.	10	TwoSentenceHorror
[WP] The afterlife is a giant mansion filled with all the perfect born in a given year, the people born in 1945 have a different mansion than the ones born in 1489. You always thought you were born in 1996, until you die & find yourself in a mansion with people saying that they were born in 1753.	10	WritingPrompts

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