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Was Hitler's model of government organization, with multiple inefficient, redundant and competing agencies, a form of "coup-proofing" like that undertaken by modern authoritarian states, or was it really just about his belief in competition/"survival of the fittest"?
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Did the Paraguayan women who raised the next generation after the Paraguayan War (where something like 70%+ of the male population was killed, died of disease/malnutrition, or fled the country) perceive their children (especially sons) as being fundamentally different from the generations before?
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Was Pete Seeger correct when he said that Americans don't sing together nearly as much as they used to? If so, why don't Americans sing together anymore.
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Why do figures in 16th-18th century paintings frequently seem to be pointing at something to the side of the frame, other than to tell us "shit's on fire, yo"?
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What did "being a good husband" mean to the Romans? Was "being a good husband" synonymous with "being a good man" (virtus) or were they separate things? And do records of Roman women's opinions on the topic survive, or just the those of the husbands themselves?
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Numerous media of the 90s and 00s make reference to a sense of post-Cold War disillusionment (i.e. "the world doesn't make sense anymore") from American and former Soviet diplomats, military, spies, etc. Was this really a common feeling, or an invention of fiction writers and journalists?
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At what point in Europe and the Americas did seeing a mouse or a rat in the home go from "oh hi, Jeff" to "we need to deal with this RIGHT NOW" and how closely does that track with awareness of modern germ theory?
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Modern language assumes a degree of agency when dealing with illness ("fighting cancer"/"don't give up"/"giving up and dying") and that personal will contributes at least a little to healing. Would someone in Mediterranean antiquity or Medieval Europe have thought the same way?
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What's the history of the entertainment industry's infatuation with Joseph Campbell's "hero's journey"/monomyth? When did it become *a thing* for film & TV screenwriters to read it (... or the Wikipedia page on it at least)?
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