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What did western economists think of the USSR during it's lifetime?

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"Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis." Is this true?

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I (British) cannot celebrate Christmas because of Covid, are there any cool but forgotten British holidays in late Spring/Summer I could celebrate instead?

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When did Europeans start to think that they've caught up with the accomplishments of Rome?

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When was the first time a post-Rome European nation would have been able to defeat the Roman Empire in its prime?

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When abolishing slavery the United Kingdom paid of slaveowners. How did contemporary abolitionists feel about this?

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How did Christianity move from a belief that heaven was a holding tank until resurrection to eternal reward in heaven

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What did the left wing living during Thatcher's administration imagine the long term effects of her policies to be; and were they right?

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How much would it cost today to live to the quality of life of an ordinary person in the 1800s vs the cost if you actually lived in the 1800s

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How much would it cost today to live to the quality of life of an ordinary person in the 1800s vs the cost if you actually lived in the 1800s?

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What did western economists think of the USSR during it's lifetime?	3
"Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis." Is this true?	2
I (British) cannot celebrate Christmas because of Covid, are there any cool but forgotten British holidays in late Spring/Summer I could celebrate instead?	2
When did Europeans start to think that they've caught up with the accomplishments of Rome?	2
When was the first time a post-Rome European nation would have been able to defeat the Roman Empire in its prime?	1
When abolishing slavery the United Kingdom paid of slaveowners. How did contemporary abolitionists feel about this?	1
How did Christianity move from a belief that heaven was a holding tank until resurrection to eternal reward in heaven	1
What did the left wing living during Thatcher's administration imagine the long term effects of her policies to be; and were they right?	1
How much would it cost today to live to the quality of life of an ordinary person in the 1800s vs the cost if you actually lived in the 1800s	1
How much would it cost today to live to the quality of life of an ordinary person in the 1800s vs the cost if you actually lived in the 1800s?	1