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Did any ancient countries have anything like National Hymns or music that was important to a national identity?
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Can anyone give a good description of historical examples of a large national disaster (like an epidemic) in a democratic country and what effect it has had on taxation, income inequality?
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What is the typical historical effect of national disasters (and great wars) on inequality and income distribution inside a nation?
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How did the US Dollar become the reserve currency of the world and what has that historically meant for US power?
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In Italian opera Cavalleria Rusticana, the heroine is excommunicated and ostracized by the village for having an affair. However, also in Italy, the cisisbeo, official lovers of married women you didn't hide from society also existed. How did morals like these co-exist?
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In Homo Deus, Chapter 3, Noah Harari claims that scientists don't know what the mind is for (why do we need to be conscious). Do we in fact know what the mind does, that the brain does not do?
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