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What did Karl Marx think of the American Civil War?

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If the U.S. was willing to enter as protracted a conflict as the Vietnam war to prevent it from turning communist, why did they seemingly give up on overthrowing Cuba's own communist regime after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?

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Did Charles Darwin and Karl Marx ever meet? What did they think of each other's work?

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Why was it so rare for places colonized by Europeans—across different cultures and languages—to get original names?

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What did Karl Marx think of the American Civil War?	2149
If the U.S. was willing to enter as protracted a conflict as the Vietnam war to prevent it from turning communist, why did they seemingly give up on overthrowing Cuba's own communist regime after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?	77
Did Charles Darwin and Karl Marx ever meet? What did they think of each other's work?	10
Why was it so rare for places colonized by Europeans—across different cultures and languages—to get original names?	3