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I read on Wikipedia that Maxim Gorky, the Bolshevik writer, stayed in Italy from 1922 to 1928 during his second exile. How was a Marxist allowed to stay in Fascist Italy for so long?

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To what extent did the workers in Soviet bureaucracy and organizations like KGB really believe/committed in Socialism?

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What do Historians think of Paul Johnson's "A History of the American People"?

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[Journalism]Today many people express complain about the decline in journalistic standards and quality of news. Is this a recent phenomenon or has the same sentiment been expressed during the last century?

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In his essay on Anti-Semitism, Frederick Engels described it as "merely the reaction of declining medieval social strata against a modern society consisting essentially of capitalists and wage-labourers". How accurate was this analysis in that time period?

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Why was was the Soviet (and later Russian) economy so badly affected by market reforms in 1990's but not during the period of NEP when it also transitioned from War Communism into the market economy?

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How did the 'Mittelstand' develop in Germany? Was it a result of conscious State policy? If not, why didn't it emerge in other countries?

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How Socialist was the Starasserist 'left wing' faction of NSDAP?

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To what extent did the ideas of Frederic Nietzsche influence Fascism?

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What is the current consensus amongst historians and other social scientists on the reasons for the rise and dominance of the West since the 19th century?

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I read on Wikipedia that Maxim Gorky, the Bolshevik writer, stayed in Italy from 1922 to 1928 during his second exile. How was a Marxist allowed to stay in Fascist Italy for so long?	5
To what extent did the workers in Soviet bureaucracy and organizations like KGB really believe/committed in Socialism?	5
What do Historians think of Paul Johnson's "A History of the American People"?	5
[Journalism]Today many people express complain about the decline in journalistic standards and quality of news. Is this a recent phenomenon or has the same sentiment been expressed during the last century?	5
In his essay on Anti-Semitism, Frederick Engels described it as "merely the reaction of declining medieval social strata against a modern society consisting essentially of capitalists and wage-labourers". How accurate was this analysis in that time period?	5
Why was was the Soviet (and later Russian) economy so badly affected by market reforms in 1990's but not during the period of NEP when it also transitioned from War Communism into the market economy?	5
How did the 'Mittelstand' develop in Germany? Was it a result of conscious State policy? If not, why didn't it emerge in other countries?	5
How Socialist was the Starasserist 'left wing' faction of NSDAP?	5
To what extent did the ideas of Frederic Nietzsche influence Fascism?	5
What is the current consensus amongst historians and other social scientists on the reasons for the rise and dominance of the West since the 19th century?	5