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How close was France to a socialist revolution around 1968?

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To somebody who has actually studied the USSR: How democratic was Stalin's USSR? Did the workers have influence over the Communist Party, and over the economy and their communities? How does this compare to after De-Stalinization, and to before the purges?

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Weird question: What did ancient Mediterranean societies (Rome, Greece mainly, but other answers are welcome too) use as lube?

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What about Maoist guerrilla tactics made/make them so popular among revolutionary and reactionary militias all over the World, from the Shining Path to the Taliban?

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Do any non-Romance Italic languages survive today? If not, when did the last go extinct?

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Is there any merit to the lost cosmonauts conspiracy theory?

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How were Roman senators elected? What about the Consuls?

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[Oceania] What is the consensus on Rongorongo? Were the characters inspired by European writing, or is it one of only four or five independent inventions of writing?

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[Resistance] Was the 1956 Hungarian uprising motivated by anti-communism, anti-revisionism, or were there factions of both?

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What do we know about pre-Christian Illyrian and Armenic religion?

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How close was France to a socialist revolution around 1968?	1654
To somebody who has actually studied the USSR: How democratic was Stalin's USSR? Did the workers have influence over the Communist Party, and over the economy and their communities? How does this compare to after De-Stalinization, and to before the purges?	364
Weird question: What did ancient Mediterranean societies (Rome, Greece mainly, but other answers are welcome too) use as lube?	107
What about Maoist guerrilla tactics made/make them so popular among revolutionary and reactionary militias all over the World, from the Shining Path to the Taliban?	61
Do any non-Romance Italic languages survive today? If not, when did the last go extinct?	41
Is there any merit to the lost cosmonauts conspiracy theory?	26
How were Roman senators elected? What about the Consuls?	22
[Oceania] What is the consensus on Rongorongo? Were the characters inspired by European writing, or is it one of only four or five independent inventions of writing?	21
[Resistance] Was the 1956 Hungarian uprising motivated by anti-communism, anti-revisionism, or were there factions of both?	12
What do we know about pre-Christian Illyrian and Armenic religion?	8