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During the Cold War, why weren't western socialists parties couped like elsewhere? There were several explicit democratic socialist or marxist parties in the West, like the SDP, Labour (UK), Labor (Australia), Parti Socialiste (France)?	5
How is Capitain Charles Johnson's "The General History of the Pyrates" seen by historians? Is it a reliable source? How accurate is it believed to be? Are there better contemporary sources detailing the Golden Age of Piracy?	5
In their book, Monopoly Capital, Baran and Sweezy argue that anti-trust cases tend to target corporations that supply key goods in the production of other goods, therefore anti-trust laws in practice are used to help other capitalists instead of consumers. Is there historical merit to this claim?	5
It is common knowledge today that our economy and resource usage is unsustainable. This unsustainability seems to have started at the dawn of the industrial revolution. In comparison, how sustainable/environmentally impactful was 15th century Europe or the Abbassid Caliphate or Ham China?	4
What event split the Umayyad and Rashidun Caliphates? What was the context around that? S	4
Were American volunteers in the British armed forces allowed to leave and join the US military post Pearl Harbor and America joining WW2?	4
Why did america fail to develop a strong socialist movement in the 19th and early 20th century (pre-ww2) like European countries? What factors unique to the US prevented this? Why did the American socialist movement tend to be weaker than its European counterparts?	4
Did late medieval copyhold rents lead to capital accumulation?	3
In the 19th and early 20th century, a lot of the immigrants that came to the US were from Europe, germans, italians, poles, swedes, etc. For example, a lot of germans in particular came to the midwest. Yet in the 21st cenutry , german is not a widely spoken language within the midwest. Why?	3
How to write/detect good revionist history?	3

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