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I've heard numerable times that Nazi Germany employed a sort of "Ponzi / Pyramid" scheme in order to "lift Germany out of poverty." To what extent is this true?

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What was the Sons of Liberty dressing up like Native Americans supposed to symbolize? I know they did it to hide their identity, but why Native Americans?

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How violent and brutal, comparative to similar movements, was the Peruvian Shining Path communist militant group?

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Were there any Redcoats that defected to the Americans like Benedict Arnold did to the British?

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Was Augosto Pinochet a racist? Have their been any right wing or fascist dictators who weren’t racists?

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I've heard numerable times that Nazi Germany employed a sort of "Ponzi / Pyramid" scheme in order to "lift Germany out of poverty." To what extent is this true?	1090
What was the Sons of Liberty dressing up like Native Americans supposed to symbolize? I know they did it to hide their identity, but why Native Americans?	110
How violent and brutal, comparative to similar movements, was the Peruvian Shining Path communist militant group?	11
Were there any Redcoats that defected to the Americans like Benedict Arnold did to the British?	1
Was Augosto Pinochet a racist? Have their been any right wing or fascist dictators who weren’t racists?	1